Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

Melanoma GWAS Consortium

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Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

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The total number of acquired melanocytic nevi on the skin is strongly correlated with melanoma risk. Here we report a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS from Australia, Netherlands, UK, and USA comprising 52,506 individuals. We confirm known loci including MTAP, PLA2G6, and IRF4, and detect novel SNPs in KITLG and a region of 9q32. In a bivariate analysis combining the nevus results with a recent melanoma GWAS meta-analysis (12,874 cases, 23,203 controls), SNPs near GPRC5A, CYP1B1, PPARGC1B, HDAC4, FAM208B, DOCK8, and SYNE2 reached global significance, and other loci, including MIR146A and OBFC1, reached a suggestive level. Overall, we conclude that most nevus genes affect melanoma risk (KITLG an exception), while many melanoma risk loci do not alter nevus count. For example, variants in TERC and OBFC1 affect both traits, but other telomere length maintenance genes seem to affect melanoma risk only. Our findings implicate multiple pathways in nevogenesis.

Original language	English
Article number	4774
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2018

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AU - Evans, David M.

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AU - Uitterlinden, André G.

AU - Madden, Pamela A.

AU - Heath, Andrew C.

AU - Nelson, Elliot C.

AU - Green, Adele C.

AU - Chanock, Stephen

AU - Barrett, Jennifer H.

AU - Brown, Matthew A.

AU - Hayward, Nicholas K.

AU - MacGregor, Stuart

AU - Sturm, Richard A.

AU - Hewitt, Alex W.

AU - Lee, Jeffrey E.

AU - Brossard, Myriam

AU - Moses, Eric K.

AU - Song, Fengju

AU - Kumar, Rajiv

AU - Easton, Douglas F.

AU - Pharoah, Paul D.P.

AU - Swerdlow, Anthony J.

AU - Kypreou, Katerina P.

AU - Harland, Mark

AU - Randerson-Moor, Juliette

AU - Akslen, Lars A.

AU - Andresen, Per A.

AU - Avril, Marie Françoise

AU - Azizi, Esther

AU - Scarrà, Giovanna Bianchi

AU - Brown, Kevin M.

AU - Dębniak, Tadeusz

AU - Elder, David E.

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AU - Galan, Pilar

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AU - Gillanders, Elizabeth M.

AU - Goldstein, Alisa M.

AU - Gruis, Nelleke A.

AU - Hansson, Johan

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AU - Hočevar, Marko

AU - Höiom, Veronica

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AU - Kanetsky, Peter A.

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AU - van Doorn, Remco

AU - Whiteman, David C.

AU - Craig, Jamie E.

AU - Schadendorf, Dirk

AU - Simms, Lisa A.

AU - Burdon, Kathryn P.

AU - Nyholt, Dale R.

AU - Pooley, Karen A.

AU - Orr, Nicholas

AU - Stratigos, Alexander J.

AU - Cust, Anne E.

AU - Ward, Sarah V.

AU - Schulze, Hans Joachim

AU - Dunning, Alison M.

AU - Demenais, Florence

AU - Amos, Christopher I.

AU - Kayser, Manfred

AU - Hunter, David J.

AU - Newton Bishop, Julia A.

AU - Spector, Timothy D.

AU - Montgomery, Grant W.

AU - Mackey, David A.

AU - Smith, George Davey

AU - Nijsten, Tamar E.

AU - Bishop, D. Timothy

AU - Bataille, Veronique

AU - Falchi, Mario

AU - Han, Jiali

AU - Martin, Nicholas G.

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Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

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