TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating immune markers and risks of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes
T2 - A pooled analysis
AU - Rhee, Jongeun
AU - Birmann, Brenda M.
AU - De Roos, Anneclaire J.
AU - Epstein, Mara M.
AU - Martinez-Maza, Otoniel
AU - Breen, Elizabeth C.
AU - Magpantay, Larry I.
AU - Levin, Lynn I.
AU - Visvanathan, Kala
AU - Hosgood, H. Dean
AU - Rohan, Thomas E.
AU - Smoller, Sylvia W.
AU - Bassig, Bryan A.
AU - Qi, Lihong
AU - Shu, Xiao Ou
AU - Koh, Woon Puay
AU - Zheng, Wei
AU - Yuan, Jian Min
AU - Weinstein, Stephanie J.
AU - Albanes, Demetrius
AU - Lan, Qing
AU - Rothman, Nathaniel
AU - Purdue, Mark P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 UICC. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - Although prediagnostic circulating concentrations of the immune activation markers soluble CD27 (sCD27), sCD30 and chemokine ligand-13 (CXCL13) have been associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) risk, studies have been limited by sample size in associations with NHL subtypes. We pooled data from eight nested case-control studies to investigate subtype-specific relationships for these analytes. Using polytomous regression, we calculated odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) relating study-specific analyte tertiles to selected subtypes vs controls (n = 3310): chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL; n = 623), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL; n = 621), follicular lymphoma (FL; n = 398), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL; n = 138), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; n = 82) and T cell lymphoma (TCL; n = 92). We observed associations with DLBCL for elevated sCD27 [OR for third vs first tertile (ORT3) = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.6-3.1], sCD30 (ORT3 = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.6-2.5) and CXCL13 (ORT3 = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.8-3.0). We also observed associations with sCD27 for CLL/SLL (ORT3 = 3.3, 95% CI = 2.4-4.6), MZL (ORT3 = 7.7, 95% CI = 3.0-20.1) and TCL (ORT3 = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.5-7.7), and between sCD30 and FL (ORT3 = 2.7, 95% CI = 2.0-3.5). In analyses stratified by time from phlebotomy to case diagnosis, the sCD27-TCL and all three DLBCL associations were equivalent across both follow-up periods (<7.5, ≥7.5 years). For other analyte-subtype comparisons, associations were stronger for the follow-up period closer to phlebotomy, particularly for indolent subtypes. In conclusion, we found robust evidence of an association between these immune markers and DLBCL, consistent with hypotheses that mechanisms related to immune activation are important in its pathogenesis. Our other findings, particularly for the rarer subtypes MZL and TCL, require further investigation.
AB - Although prediagnostic circulating concentrations of the immune activation markers soluble CD27 (sCD27), sCD30 and chemokine ligand-13 (CXCL13) have been associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) risk, studies have been limited by sample size in associations with NHL subtypes. We pooled data from eight nested case-control studies to investigate subtype-specific relationships for these analytes. Using polytomous regression, we calculated odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) relating study-specific analyte tertiles to selected subtypes vs controls (n = 3310): chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL; n = 623), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL; n = 621), follicular lymphoma (FL; n = 398), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL; n = 138), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; n = 82) and T cell lymphoma (TCL; n = 92). We observed associations with DLBCL for elevated sCD27 [OR for third vs first tertile (ORT3) = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.6-3.1], sCD30 (ORT3 = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.6-2.5) and CXCL13 (ORT3 = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.8-3.0). We also observed associations with sCD27 for CLL/SLL (ORT3 = 3.3, 95% CI = 2.4-4.6), MZL (ORT3 = 7.7, 95% CI = 3.0-20.1) and TCL (ORT3 = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.5-7.7), and between sCD30 and FL (ORT3 = 2.7, 95% CI = 2.0-3.5). In analyses stratified by time from phlebotomy to case diagnosis, the sCD27-TCL and all three DLBCL associations were equivalent across both follow-up periods (<7.5, ≥7.5 years). For other analyte-subtype comparisons, associations were stronger for the follow-up period closer to phlebotomy, particularly for indolent subtypes. In conclusion, we found robust evidence of an association between these immune markers and DLBCL, consistent with hypotheses that mechanisms related to immune activation are important in its pathogenesis. Our other findings, particularly for the rarer subtypes MZL and TCL, require further investigation.
KW - CXCL13
KW - immune markers
KW - non-Hodgkin lymphoma
KW - sCD27
KW - sCD30
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U2 - 10.1002/ijc.34299
DO - 10.1002/ijc.34299
M3 - Article
C2 - 36151863
AN - SCOPUS:85139239701
SN - 0020-7136
VL - 152
SP - 865
EP - 878
JO - International Journal of Cancer
JF - International Journal of Cancer
IS - 5
ER -