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Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential: an Expanding Genetic Cause of Cardiovascular Disease.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Sept 2021
Bhattacharya Romit, Bick Alexander G
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is a novel cardiovascular risk factor that develops as aging hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) acquire somatic mutations which confer a clonal survival advantage in their progeny. These cells confer increased leukemogenic risk but confer a greater absolute risk of cardiovascular disease-which appears to be mediated through altered...
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