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Insights into clonal haematopoiesis from 8,342 mosaic chromosomal alterations

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Loh, Po-Ru, Genovese, Giulio, Handsaker, Robert E., Finucane, Hilary K., Reshef, Yakir A., Palamara, Pier Francesco, Birmann, Brenda M., Talkowski, Michael E. +3 more·2018·Nature

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The selective pressures that shape clonal evolution in healthy individuals are largely unknown. Here we investigate 8,342 mosaic chromosomal alterations, from 50 kb to 249 Mb long, that we uncovered in blood-derived DNA from 151,202 UK Biobank participants using phase-based computational techniques (estimated false discovery rate, 6-9%). We found six loci at which inherited variants associated strongly with the acquisition of deletions or loss of heterozygosity in cis. At three such loci (MPL, TM2D3-TARSL2, and FRA10B), we identified a likely causal variant that acted with high penetrance (5-50%). Inherited alleles at one locus appeared to affect the probability of somatic mutation, and at three other loci to be objects of positive or negative clonal selection. Several specific mosaic chromosomal alterations were strongly associated with future haematological malignancies. Our results reveal a multitude of paths towards clonal expansions with a wide range of effects on human health.

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Loh, P.-R., Genovese, G., Handsaker, R. E., Finucane, H. K., Reshef, Y. A., Palamara, P. F., Birmann, B. M., Talkowski, M. E., Bakhoum, S. F., McCarroll, S. A., & Price, A. L.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Loh, Po-Ru
  • Genovese, Giulio
  • McCarroll, Steven A.
  • Price, Alkes L.
Venue
Nature
Published
2018-07
Volume
559
Issue
7714
Pages
350-355
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2843925039
Cited by
423
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 4
FWCI
26.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (480- 05-003)
  • National Institutes of Health (DP5OD026395, 1s10rr028832-01)
  • Medical Research Council (MC_PC_17228)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH101244)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG006855, R01HG006399, UM1HG008900, R21HG009513, F32HG007805)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA008748)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM105857, T32GM007753)
  • National Center for Research Resources (S10 RR028832)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD081256)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Keywords
clonal hematopoiesis, mosaic chromosomal alterations, somatic mutations, loss of heterozygosity, clonal selection, hematologic malignancies, inherited mutations, MPL, clonal evolution, blood-derived DNA, UK Biobank
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Alleles, Chromosome Aberrations, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, Clone Cells, Female, United Kingdom, Health, Hematopoiesis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mosaicism, Biological Specimen Banks, Hematologic Neoplasms, Chromosome Breakage, Penetrance, Chromosome Fragile Sites

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