Birth order pattern in the inheritance of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and related lymphoproliferative disease

Viggo Jønsson; Geir Tjønnfjord; Sven Ove Samuelsen; Tom Johannesen; Jørgen Olsen; Gabrielle Sellick; Richard Houlston; Martin Yuille; Daniel Catovsky

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Birth order pattern in the inheritance of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and related lymphoproliferative disease

Viggo Jønsson, Geir Tjønnfjord, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Tom Johannesen, Jørgen Olsen, Gabrielle Sellick, Richard Houlston, Martin Yuille, Daniel Catovsky

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Abstract

Rank order of affected offspring in a sibship can inform on epigenetic factors in disease susceptibility. Here we report an analysis of birth order in 32 families segregating chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and other B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. A paternal-offspring, but not a maternal-offspring birth rank order was observed. Cox regression analysis provided relative risks (RR) for paternal and maternal transmission of 3.60 (CI 95%: 1.54-8.42; P=0.0005) and 1.64 (CI 95%: 0.90-3.01; P=0.096), respectively. The significance of paternal and maternal transmission of CLL-CLL pairs employing Haldane and Smith's test were 0.006 and 0.63, respectively. There was no evidence of a relationship between parental age and birth order. The genetic mechanism behind the birth order effect observed is discussed in the light of non-Mendelian imprinting and pregnancy related microchimerism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2387-2396
Number of pages	9
Journal	Leukemia and Lymphoma
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10428190701686273
Publication status	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

Birth-order effect
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Imprinting
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Microchimerism
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

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Birth order pattern in the inheritance of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and related lymphoproliferative disease

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