Genome-wide association study of clinical parameters in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis in three patient cohorts

• Iman Meziane,
• Stefanie Huhn,
• Miguel Inacio da Silva Filho,
• Niels Weinhold,
• Chiara Campo,
• Jolanta Nickel,
• Per Hoffmann,
• Markus M. Nöthen,
• Karl-Heinz Jöckel,
• Stefano Landi,
• Jonathan S. Mitchell,
• David Johnson,
• Anna Jauch,
• Gareth J. Morgan,
• Richard Houlston,
• Hartmut Goldschmidt,
• Paolo Milani,
• Giampaolo Merlini,
• Dorota Rowcieno,
• Philip Hawkins,
• Ute Hegenbart,
• Giovanni Palladini,
• Ashutosh Wechalekar,
• Asta Försti,
• Stefan O. Schönland,
• Kari Hemminki

Affiliations

Iman Meziane

Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Stefanie Huhn

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Miguel Inacio da Silva Filho

Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Niels Weinhold

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany;Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

Chiara Campo

Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Jolanta Nickel

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Per Hoffmann

Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany;Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Markus M. Nöthen

Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany;Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Research Center, University of Bonn, Germany

Karl-Heinz Jöckel

Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Stefano Landi

Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy

Jonathan S. Mitchell

Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK

David Johnson

Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK

Anna Jauch

Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Gareth J. Morgan

Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

Richard Houlston

Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK;Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK

Hartmut Goldschmidt

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany;National Centre of Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany

Paolo Milani

Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation “Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo”, Pavia, Italy;Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy

Giampaolo Merlini

Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation “Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo”, Pavia, Italy;Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy

Dorota Rowcieno

National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital Campus, London, UK

Philip Hawkins

National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital Campus, London, UK

Ute Hegenbart

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Giovanni Palladini

Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation “Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo”, Pavia, Italy;Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy

Ashutosh Wechalekar

National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital Campus, London, UK

Asta Försti

Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden

Stefan O. Schönland

Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Kari Hemminki

Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden