Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

© 2018, The Author(s). The total number of acquired melanocytic nevi on the skin is strongly correlated with melanoma risk. Here we report a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS from Australia, Netherlands, UK, and USA comprising 52,506 individuals. We confirm known loci including MTAP, PLA2G6, and IRF4,...

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Main Author: Moses, Eric
Format: Journal Article
Published: Macmillan Publishers Limited 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71635