A noncoding regulatory variant in IKZF1 increases acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in Hispanic/Latino children
de Smith A, Wahlster L, Jeon S, Kachuri L, Black S, Langie J, Cato L, Nakatsuka N, Chan T, Xia G, Mazumder S, Yang W, Gazal S, Eng C, Hu D, Burchard E, Ziv E, Metayer C, Mancuso N, Yang J, Ma X, Wiemels J, Yu F, Chiang C, Sankaran V. A noncoding regulatory variant in IKZF1 increases acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in Hispanic/Latino children. Cell Genomics 2024, 4: 100526. PMID: 38537633, PMCID: PMC11019360, DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHispanic/Latino childrenNon-Hispanic White individualsHigher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemiaRisk of acute lymphoblastic leukemiaNoncoding regulatory variantsFine-mapping analysisAcute lymphoblastic leukemia riskAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaEvidence of selectionIndigenous American ancestryReduced enhancer activityRisk allele frequenciesIncreased ALL riskRegulatory variantsHispanic/Latino individualsPro-B cellsHispanic/Latino populationRacial/ethnic groupsDownstream enhancerGenetic basisLeukemia riskWhite individualsAllele frequenciesAmerican ancestryALL risk