Haematologica (Aug 2007)

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Mark P. Purdue,
  • Qing Lan,
  • Anne Kricker,
  • Claire M. Vajdic,
  • Nathaniel Rothman,
  • Bruce K. Armstrong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.11053
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 92, no. 8

Abstract

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We studied three vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) polymorphisms (BsmI, TaqI, FokI) in a case-control study of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The BsmI B and TaqI t alleles were associated with an increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. These findings suggest that variants in VDR may influence lymphomagenesis.