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Hematopoiesis is not clonal in healthy elderly women.
Blood - 15 Oct 2008
Swierczek Sabina I, Agarwal Neeraj, Nussenzveig Roberto H, Rothstein Gerald, Wilson Andrew, Artz Andrew, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
Clonality assays, based on X-chromosome inactivation, discriminate active from inactive alleles. Skewing of X-chromosome allelic usage, based on preferential methylation of one of the HUMARA alleles, was reported as evidence of clonal hematopoiesis in approximately 30% of elderly women. Using a quantitative, transcriptionally based clonality assay, we reported X-chromosome-transcribed allelic ratio in blood cells...
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