Circulating immune markers and risks of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes: A pooled analysis

Jongeun Rhee, Brenda M. Birmann, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Mara M. Epstein, Otoniel Martinez-Maza, Elizabeth C. Breen, Larry I. Magpantay, Lynn I. Levin, Kala Visvanathan, H. Dean Hosgood, Thomas E. Rohan, Sylvia W. Smoller, Bryan A. Bassig, Lihong Qi, Xiao Ou Shu, Woon Puay Koh, Wei Zheng, Jian Min Yuan, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Demetrius AlbanesQing Lan, Nathaniel Rothman, Mark P. Purdue

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)865-878
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Cancer
Volume152
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2023

Keywords

  • CXCL13
  • immune markers
  • non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • sCD27
  • sCD30

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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