• Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma 

      Mitchell, Jonathan S; Li, Ni; Weinhold, Niels; Försti, Asta; Ali, Mina; Van Duin, Mark; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Johnson, David C; Chen, Bowang; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Kuiper, Rowan; Stephens, Owen W; Bertsch, Uta; Broderick, Peter; Campo, Chiara; Einsele, Hermann; Gregory, Walter A; Gullberg, Urban; Henrion, Marc; Hillengass, Jens; Hoffmann, Per; Jackson, Graham H.; Johnsson, Ellinor; Jöud, Magnus; Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y; Lenhoff, Stig; Lenive, Oleg; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Migliorini, Gabriele; Nahi, Hareth; Nelander, Sven; Nickel, Jolanta; Nothen, Markus M; Rafnar, Thorunn; Ross, Fiona M; Da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio; Swaminathan, Bhairavi; Thomsen, Hauke; Turesson, Ingemar; Vangsted, Annette; Vogel, Ulla; Waage, Anders; Walker, Brian A; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Broyl, Annemiek; Davies, Faith E; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Langer, Christian; Hansson, Markus; Kaiser, Martin; Sonneveld, Pieter; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Gareth J; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Hemminki, Kari; Nilsson, Björn; Houlston, Richard S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy with a significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies have transformed our understanding of MM predisposition, but individual studies have had limited power ...
    • Germline variants at SOHLH2 influence multiple myeloma risk 

      Duran-Lozano, Laura; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa; Niroula, Abhishek; Went, Molly; Thodberg, Malte; Pertesi, Maroulio; Ajore, Ram; Cafaro, Caterina; Olason, P; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Bragi Walters, Walters; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Turesson, Ingemar; Kaiser, Martin; Weinhold, Niels; Abildgaard, Niels; Andersen, Niels Frost; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Waage, Anders; Vangsted, Annette; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Hansson, Markus; Houlston, Richard S.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Stefansson, Kari; Nilsson, Björn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is caused by the uncontrolled, clonal expansion of plasma cells. While there is epidemiological evidence for inherited susceptibility, the molecular basis remains incompletely understood. We report a ...
    • Health-related quality of life in transplant ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with either thalidomide or lenalidomide-based regimen until progression: a prospective, open-label, multicenter, randomized, phase 3 study 

      Nielsen, Lene Kongsgaard; Stege, Claudia; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; van der Holt, Bronno; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Salomo, Morten; Bos, Gerard; Levin, Mark-David; Visser-Wisselaar, Heleen; Hansson, Markus; van der Velden, Annette W.G.; Deenik, Wendy; Coenen, Juleon; Hinge, Maja; Klein, Saskia K.; Tanis, Bea C.; Szatkowski, Damian Lukasz; Brouwer, Rolf E.; Westerman, Matthijs; Leys, Rineke; Sinnige, Harm A.M.; Haukås, Einar; van der Hem, Klaas G.; Durian, Marc F.; Gimsing, Peter; van de Donk, Niels; Sonneveld, Pieter; Waage, Anders; Abildgaard, Niels; Zweegman, Sonja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Data on the impact of long term treatment with immunomodulatory drugs (IMiD) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is limited. The HOVON-87/NMSG18 study was a randomized, phase 3 study in newly diagnosed transplant ...
    • Identification of multiple risk loci and regulatory mechanisms influencing susceptibility to multiple myeloma 

      Went, Molly; Sud, Amit; Försti, Asta; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Weinhold, Niels; Kimber, Scott; van Duin, Mark; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Holroyd, Amy; Johnson, David C.; Li, Ni; Orlando, Giulia; Law, Philip J.; Ali, Mina; Chen, Bowang; Mitchell, Jonathan S.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Kuiper, Rowan; Stephens, Owen W.; Bertsch, Uta; Broderick, Peter; Campo, Chiara; Bandapalli, Obul R.; Einsele, Hermann; Gregory, Walter A.; Gullberg, Urban; Hillengass, Jens; Hoffmann, Per; Jackson, Graham H.; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Johnsson, Ellinor; Kristinsson, Sigurður Y.; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Nahi, Hareth; Easton, Douglas; Pharoah, Paul; Dunning, Alison; Peto, Julian; Canzian, Federico; Swerdlow, Anthony; Eeles, Rosalind A.; Kote-Jarai, ZSofia; Muir, Kenneth; Pashayan, Nora; Nickel, Jolanta; Nöthen, Markus M.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Ross, Fiona M.; da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio; Thomsen, Hauke; Turesson, Ingemar; Vangsted, Annette; Andersen, Niels Frost; Waage, Anders; Walker, Brian A.; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Broyl, Annemiek; Davies, Faith E.; Thorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Langer, Christian; Hansson, Markus; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Kaiser, Martin; Sonneveld, Pieter; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Gareth J.; Hemminki, Kari; Nilsson, Björn; Houlston, Richard S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of susceptibility to multiple myeloma (MM), but much of the heritability remains unexplained. We report a new GWAS, a meta-analysis with previous ...
    • Lenalidomide versus lenalidomide + dexamethasone prolonged treatment after second-line lenalidomide + dexamethasone induction in multiple myeloma 

      Lund, Johan; Gruber, Astrid; Lauri, Birgitta; Duru, Adil Doganay; Blimark, Cecilie; Swedin, Agneta; Hansson, Markus; Forsberg, Karin; Ahlberg, Lucia; Carlsson, Conny; Waage, Anders; Gimsing, Peter; Vangsted, Annette Juul; Frølund, Ulf; Holmberg, Erik; Gahrton, Gösta C.A.; Alici, Evren; Hardling, Mats; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Nahi, Hareth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Lenalidomide (Len) plus dexamethasone (Dex) is approved for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). It is possible that single‐agent Len may be effective as prolonged treatment regimen in RRMM once ...
    • Longitudinal minimal residual disease assessment in multiple myeloma patients in complete remission - results from the NMSG flow-MRD substudy within the EMN02/HO95 MM trial 

      Schmitz, Alexander; Brøndum, Rasmus Froberg; Johnsen, Hans Erik; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Waage, Anders; Gimsing, Peter; Op Bruinink, Davine Hofste; van der Velden, Vincent; van der Holt, Bronno; Hansson, Markus; Andersen, Niels Frost; Frølund, Ulf Christian; Helleberg, Carsten; Schjesvold, Fredrik Hellem; Ahlberg, Lucia; Gulbrandsen, Nina; Andreasson, Bjorn; Lauri, Birgitta; Haukås, Einar; Bødker, Julie Støve; Roug, Anne Stidsholt; Bøgsted, Martin; Severinsen, Marianne T.; Gregersen, Henrik; Abildgaard, Niels; Sonneveld, Pieter; Dybkær, Karen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Multiple myeloma remains an incurable disease with multiple relapses due to residual myeloma cells in the bone marrow of patients after therapy. Presence of small number of cancer cells in the body after cancer ...
    • The multiple myeloma risk allele at 5q15 lowers ELL2 expression and increases ribosomal gene expression 

      Ali, Mina; Ajore, Ram; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Niroula, Abhishek; Swaminathan, Bhairavi; Johnsson, Ellinor; Stephens, Owen W; Morgan, Gareth; Meissner, Tobias; Turesson, Ingemar; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Gullberg, Urban; Hansson, Markus; Hemminki, Kari; Nahi, Hareth; Waage, Anders; Weinhold, Niels; Nilsson, Björn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Recently, we identified ELL2 as a susceptibility gene for multiple myeloma (MM). To understand its mechanism of action, we performed expression quantitative trait locus analysis in CD138+ plasma cells from 1630 MM patients ...
    • Variants in ELL2 influencing immunoglobulin levels associate with multiple myeloma 

      Swaminathan, Bhairavi; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Jöud, Magnus; Ali, Mina; Johnsson, Ellinor; Ajore, Ram; Sulem, Patrick; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur I.; Haraldsdottir, Vilhelmina; Hultman, Christina; Ingelsson, Erik; Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y; Kähler, Anna Katarina; Lenhoff, Stig; Masson, Gisli; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Månsson, Robert; Nelander, Sven; Olafsson, Isleifur; Sigurdardóttir, Olöf Gudrun; Steingrimsdottir, Hlif; Vangsted, Annette; Vogel, Ulla; Waage, Anders; Nahi, Hareth; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Turesson, Ingemar; Gullberg, Urban; Stefansson, Kari; Hansson, Markus; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Nilsson, Björn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by an uninhibited, clonal growth of plasma cells. While first-degree relatives of patients with MM show an increased risk of MM, the genetic basis of inherited MM susceptibility is ...