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Identified loci were further analyzed in 1508 German <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content> patients. New <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content> loci recently reported in a meta\u2010analysis were also tested in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MGUS GWAS<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GWAS<\/jats:styled-content>, we identified 10 loci contributing to development of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MGUS<\/jats:styled-content> at <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2010value threshold of 10<jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>. The Czech cohort gave support for two associations (6q26, rs6933936; 7p21.3 rs10251201). In <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GWAS<\/jats:styled-content>, rs974120 (8p23.2) reached genomewide significance (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=2.94\u00d710<jats:sup>\u22129<\/jats:sup>), with a nominal significance in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content>. The locus of rs974120 shows marks of transcriptional activity in leukemia according to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ENCODE<\/jats:styled-content> data. rs10251201 (7p21.3), rs9318227 (13q22.1), and rs10405859 (19q13.32) were associated with markers related to leukemogenesis and immune and inflammatory responses. Two newly identified candidate loci for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content>, rs1948915 (8q24.21) and rs8058578 (16p11.2), were nominally associated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MGUS<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These data allow a cautious first proposal for a germ line architecture of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MGUS<\/jats:styled-content> with links to leukemia and autoimmune conditions, the latter agreeing with a family study showing clustering of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MGUS<\/jats:styled-content> with autoimmune diseases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ejh.12892","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,5]],"date-time":"2017-04-05T17:02:47Z","timestamp":1491411767000},"page":"70-79","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Genomewide association study on monoclonal gammopathy of unknown 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