The multiple myeloma risk allele at 5q15 lowers ELL2 expression and increases ribosomal gene expression

oleh: Mina Ali, Ram Ajore, Anna-Karin Wihlborg, Abhishek Niroula, Bhairavi Swaminathan, Ellinor Johnsson, Owen W Stephens, Gareth Morgan, Tobias Meissner, Ingemar Turesson, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Ulf-Henrik Mellqvist, Urban Gullberg, Markus Hansson, Kari Hemminki, Hareth Nahi, Anders Waage, Niels Weinhold, Björn Nilsson

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01

Deskripsi

ELL2 was recently discovered as a susceptibility gene for multiple myeloma (MM). Here, they show that the MM risk allele lowers ELL2 expression in plasma cells, that it also upregulates gene sets related to ribosome biogenesis, and that one of the linked variants reduces binding of MAFF/G/K family transcription factors.