Browsing by Author "Nieters, Alexandra"

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    • Evaluation of a questionnaire to assess selected infectious diseases and their risk factors: Findings of a multicenter study 

      Sievers, Claudia; Akmatov, Manas K.; Kreienbrock, Lothar; Hille, Katja; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Günther, Kathrin; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Obi, Nadia; Michels, Karin B.; Fricke, Julia; Greiser, Karin H.; Kaaks, Rudolf; Peter, Hans-Hartmut; Pessler, Frank; Nieters, Alexandra; Krause, Gérard (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014)
      Background/objectives The risk to die from an infectious disease in Germany has been continuously decreasing over the last century. Since infections are, however, not only causes of death but risk factors for diseases like ...

    • Genetically predicted longer telomere length is associated with increased risk of B-cell lymphoma subtypes 

      Machiela, Mitchell; Lan, Qing; Slager, Susan; Vermeulen, Roel C. H.; Teras, Lauren; Camp, Nicola; Cerhan, James; Spinelli, John; Wang, Sophia; Nieters, Alexandra; Vijai, Joseph; Yeager, Meredith; Wang, Zhaoming; Hervé Ghesquières; McKay, James; Conde, Lucia; de Bakker, Paul I. W.; Cox, David; Burdett, Laurie; Monnereau, Alain; Flowers, Christopher; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Brooks-Wilson, Angela; Giles, Graham; Melbye, Mads; Gu, Jian; Jackson, Rebecca; Kane, Eleanor; Purdue, Mark; Vajdic, Claire; Albanes, Demetrius; Kelly, Rachel; Zucca, Mariagrazia; Bertrand, Kimberly; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Lawrence, Charles; Hutchinson, Amy; Zhi, Degui; Habermann, Thomas; Link, Brian; Novak, Anne; Dogan, Ahmet; Asmann, Yan; Liebow, Mark; Thompson, Carrie; Ansell, Stephen; Witzig, Thomas; Hervé Tilly; Haioun, Corinne; Molina, Thierry; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Glimelius, Bengt; Adami, Hans-Olov; Göran Roos; Bracci, Paige; Riby, Jacques; Smith, Martyn; Holly, Elizabeth; Cozen, Wendy; Hartge, Patricia; Morton, Lindsay; Severson, Richard; Tinker, Lesley; North, Kari; Becker, Nikolaus; Benavente, Yolanda; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Foretova, Lenka; Maynadie, Marc; Staines, Anthony; Lightfoot, Tracy; Crouch, Simon; Smith, Alex; Roman, Eve; Diver, W. Ryan; Offit, Kenneth; Zelenetz, Andrew; Klein, Robert; Villano, Danylo; Zheng, Tongzhang; Zhang, Yawei; Holford, Theodore; Turner, Jenny; Southey, Melissa; Clavel, Jacqueline; Virtamo, Jarmo; Weinstein, Stephanie; Riboli, Elio; Vineis, Paolo; Kaaks, Rudolph; Boeing, Heiner; Tjønneland, Anne; Angelucci, Emanuele; Di Lollo, Simonetta; Rais, Marco; De Vivo, Immaculata; Giovannucci, Edward; Kraft, Peter; Huang, Jinyan (Oxford University Press, 2016)
      Evidence from a small number of studies suggests that longer telomere length measured in peripheral leukocytes is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). However, these studies may be biased by ...

    • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for diffuse large B cell lymphoma 

      Cerhan, James R.; Berndt, Sonja I.; Vijai, Joseph; Ghesquières, Hervé; McKay, James; Wang, Sophia S.; Wang, Zhaoming; Yeager, Meredith; Conde, Lucia; de Bakker, Paul; Nieters, Alexandra; Cox, David; Burdett, Laurie; Monnereau, Alain; Flowers, Christopher R.; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Brooks-Wilson, Angela R.; Lan, Qing; Severi, Gianluca; Melbye, Mads; Gu, Jian; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Kane, Eleanor; Teras, Lauren R.; Purdue, Mark P.; Vajdic, Claire M.; Spinelli, John J.; Giles, Graham G.; Albanes, Demetrius; Kelly, Rachel; Zucca, Mariagrazia; Bertrand, Kimberly Anne; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Lawrence, Charles; Hutchinson, Amy; Zhi, Degui; Habermann, Thomas M.; Link, Brian K.; Novak, Anne J.; Dogan, Ahmet; Asmann, Yan W.; Liebow, Mark; Thompson, Carrie A.; Ansell, Stephen M.; Witzig, Thomas E.; Weiner, George J.; Veron, Amelie S.; Zelenika, Diana; Tilly, Hervé; Haioun, Corinne; Molina, Thierry Jo; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Glimelius, Bengt; Adami, Hans-Olov; Bracci, Paige M.; Riby, Jacques; Smith, Martyn T.; Holly, Elizabeth A.; Cozen, Wendy; Hartge, Patricia; Morton, Lindsay M.; Severson, Richard K.; Tinker, Lesley F.; North, Kari E.; Becker, Nikolaus; Benavente, Yolanda; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Foretova, Lenka; Maynadie, Marc; Staines, Anthony; Lightfoot, Tracy; Crouch, Simon; Smith, Alex; Roman, Eve; Diver, W. Ryan; Offit, Kenneth; Zelenetz, Andrew; Klein, Robert J.; Villano, Danylo J.; Zheng, Tongzhang; Zhang, Yawei; Holford, Theodore R.; Kricker, Anne; Turner, Jenny; Southey, Melissa C.; Clavel, Jacqueline; Virtamo, Jarmo; Weinstein, Stephanie; Riboli, Elio; Vineis, Paolo; Kaaks, Rudolph; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Vermeulen, Roel C. H.; Boeing, Heiner; Tjonneland, Anne; Angelucci, Emanuele; Di Lollo, Simonetta; Rais, Marco; Birmann, Brenda Melanie; Laden, Francine; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Kraft, Phillip L.; Huang, Jinyan; Ma, Baoshan; Ye, Yuanqing; Chiu, Brian C. H.; Sampson, Joshua; Liang, Liming; Park, Ju-Hyun; Chung, Charles C.; Weisenburger, Dennis D.; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; Fraumeni Jr, Joseph F.; Slager, Susan L.; Wu, Xifeng; de Sanjose, Silvia; Smedby, Karin E.; Salles, Gilles; Skibola, Christine F.; Rothman, Nathaniel; Chanock, Stephen J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common lymphoma subtype and is clinically aggressive. To identify genetic susceptibility loci for DLBCL, we conducted a meta-analysis of three new genome-wide association ...

    • A genome-wide association study of marginal zone lymphoma shows association to the HLA region 

      Vijai, Joseph; Wang, Zhaoming; Berndt, Sonja I.; Skibola, Christine F.; Slager, Susan L.; de Sanjose, Silvia; Melbye, Mads; Glimelius, Bengt; Bracci, Paige M.; Conde, Lucia; Birmann, Brenda M.; Wang, Sophia S.; Brooks-Wilson, Angela R.; Lan, Qing; de Bakker, Paul I. W.; Vermeulen, Roel C. H.; Portlock, Carol; Ansell, Stephen M.; Link, Brian K.; Riby, Jacques; North, Kari E.; Gu, Jian; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Cozen, Wendy; Becker, Nikolaus; Teras, Lauren R.; Spinelli, John J.; Turner, Jenny; Zhang, Yawei; Purdue, Mark P.; Giles, Graham G.; Kelly, Rachel S.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Ennas, Maria Grazia; Monnereau, Alain; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Albanes, Demetrius; Lightfoot, Tracy; Yeager, Meredith; Chung, Charles C.; Burdett, Laurie; Hutchinson, Amy; Lawrence, Charles; Montalvan, Rebecca; Liang, Liming; Huang, Jinyan; Ma, Baoshan; Villano, Danylo J.; Maria, Ann; Corines, Marina; Thomas, Tinu; Novak, Anne J.; Dogan, Ahmet; Liebow, Mark; Thompson, Carrie A.; Witzig, Thomas E.; Habermann, Thomas M.; Weiner, George J.; Smith, Martyn T.; Holly, Elizabeth A.; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Tinker, Lesley F.; Ye, Yuanqing; Adami, Hans-Olov; Smedby, Karin E.; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Hartge, Patricia; Morton, Lindsay M.; Severson, Richard K.; Benavente, Yolanda; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Foretova, Lenka; Maynadie, Marc; McKay, James; Staines, Anthony; Diver, W. Ryan; Vajdic, Claire M.; Armstrong, Bruce K.; Kricker, Anne; Zheng, Tongzhang; Holford, Theodore R.; Severi, Gianluca; Vineis, Paolo; Ferri, Giovanni M.; Ricco, Rosalia; Miligi, Lucia; Clavel, Jacqueline; Giovannucci, Edward; Kraft, Peter; Virtamo, Jarmo; Smith, Alex; Kane, Eleanor; Roman, Eve; Chiu, Brian C. H.; Fraumeni, Joseph F.; Wu, Xifeng; Cerhan, James R.; Offit, Kenneth; Chanock, Stephen J.; Rothman, Nathaniel; Nieters, Alexandra (Nature Pub. Group, 2015)
      Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) is the third most common subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Here we perform a two-stage GWAS of 1,281 MZL cases and 7,127 controls of European ancestry and identify two independent loci ...

    • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies discovers multiple loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia 

      Berndt, Sonja I.; Camp, Nicola J.; Skibola, Christine F.; Vijai, Joseph; Wang, Zhaoming; Gu, Jian; Nieters, Alexandra; Kelly, Rachel S.; Smedby, Karin E.; Monnereau, Alain; Cozen, Wendy; Cox, Angela; Wang, Sophia S.; Lan, Qing; Teras, Lauren R.; Machado, Moara; Yeager, Meredith; Brooks-Wilson, Angela R.; Hartge, Patricia; Purdue, Mark P.; Birmann, Brenda M.; Vajdic, Claire M.; Cocco, Pierluigi; Zhang, Yawei; Giles, Graham G.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Lawrence, Charles; Montalvan, Rebecca; Burdett, Laurie; Hutchinson, Amy; Ye, Yuanqing; Call, Timothy G.; Shanafelt, Tait D.; Novak, Anne J.; Kay, Neil E.; Liebow, Mark; Cunningham, Julie M.; Allmer, Cristine; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Adami, Hans-Olov; Melbye, Mads; Glimelius, Bengt; Chang, Ellen T.; Glenn, Martha; Curtin, Karen; Cannon-Albright, Lisa A.; Diver, W Ryan; Link, Brian K.; Weiner, George J.; Conde, Lucia; Bracci, Paige M.; Riby, Jacques; Arnett, Donna K.; Zhi, Degui; Leach, Justin M.; Holly, Elizabeth A.; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Tinker, Lesley F.; Benavente, Yolanda; Sala, Núria; Casabonne, Delphine; Becker, Nikolaus; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Foretova, Lenka; Maynadie, Marc; McKay, James; Staines, Anthony; Chaffee, Kari G.; Achenbach, Sara J.; Vachon, Celine M.; Goldin, Lynn R.; Strom, Sara S.; Leis, Jose F.; Weinberg, J. Brice; Caporaso, Neil E.; Norman, Aaron D.; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Morton, Lindsay M.; Severson, Richard K.; Riboli, Elio; Vineis, Paolo; Kaaks, Rudolph; Masala, Giovanna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Chirlaque, María- Dolores; Vermeulen, Roel C. H.; Travis, Ruth C.; Southey, Melissa C.; Milne, Roger L.; Albanes, Demetrius; Virtamo, Jarmo; Weinstein, Stephanie; Clavel, Jacqueline; Zheng, Tongzhang; Holford, Theodore R.; Villano, Danylo J.; Maria, Ann; Spinelli, John J.; Gascoyne, Randy D.; Connors, Joseph M.; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Giovannucci, Edward; Kraft, Peter; Kricker, Anne; Turner, Jenny; Ennas, Maria Grazia; Ferri, Giovanni M.; Miligi, Lucia; Liang, Liming; Ma, Baoshan; Huang, Jinyan; Crouch, Simon; Park, Ju-Hyun; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; North, Kari E.; Snowden, John A.; Wright, Josh; Fraumeni, Joseph F.; Offit, Kenneth; Wu, Xifeng; de Sanjose, Silvia; Cerhan, James R.; Chanock, Stephen J.; Rothman, Nathaniel; Slager, Susan L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common lymphoid malignancy with strong heritability. To further understand the genetic susceptibility for CLL and identify common loci associated with risk, we conducted a meta-analysis ...