Article
Frequent loss of HLA alleles associated with copy number-neutral 6pLOH in acquired aplastic anemia.
Blood - 15 Dec 2011
Katagiri Takamasa, Sato-Otsubo Aiko, Kashiwase Koichi, Morishima Satoko, Sato Yusuke, Mori Yuka, Kato Motohiro, Sanada Masashi, Morishima Yasuo, Hosokawa Kohei, Sasaki Yumi, Ohtake Shigeki, Ogawa Seishi, Nakao Shinji
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic aplastic anemia (AA) is a common cause of acquired BM failure. Although autoimmunity to hematopoietic progenitors is thought to be responsible for its pathogenesis, little is known about the molecular basis of this autoimmunity. Here we show that a substantial proportion of AA patients harbor clonal hematopoiesis characterized by the presence of acquired copy number-neutral loss of heterozygosity...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Anemia, Aplastic
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- DNA Copy Number Variations
