Human leukocyte antigen-DQA1*04:01 and rs2040406 variants are associated with elevated risk of childhood Burkitt lymphoma

Human leukocyte antigen-DQA1*04:01 and rs2040406 variants are associated with elevated risk of childhood Burkitt lymphoma

Abstract Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is responsible for many childhood cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is linked to recurrent or chronic infection by Epstein-Barr virus or Plasmodium falciparum. However, whether human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms, which regulate immune response, are assoc...

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Main Authors: Zhiwei Liu, Yang Luo, Samuel Kirimunda, Murielle Verboom, Olusegun O. Onabajo, Mateus H. Gouveia, Martin D. Ogwang, Patrick Kerchan, Steven J. Reynolds, Constance N. Tenge, Pamela A. Were, Robert T. Kuremu, Walter N. Wekesa, Nestory Masalu, Esther Kawira, Tobias Kinyera, Isaac Otim, Ismail D. Legason, Hadijah Nabalende, Herry Dhudha, Leona W. Ayers, Kishor Bhatia, James J. Goedert, Nathan Cole, Wen Luo, Jia Liu, Michelle Manning, Belynda Hicks, Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, George Chagaluka, W. Thomas Johnston, Nora Mutalima, Eric Borgstein, George N. Liomba, Steve Kamiza, Nyengo Mkandawire, Collins Mitambo, Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Robert Newton, Ann W. Hsing, James E. Mensah, Anthony A. Adjei, Amy Hutchinson, Mary Carrington, Meredith Yeager, Rainer Blasczyk, Stephen J. Chanock, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Sam M. Mbulaiteye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05701-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05701-5

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