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Causes and consequences of clonal hematopoiesis.
Blood - 28 Dec 2023
Weeks Lachelle D, Ebert Benjamin L
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ABSTRACT: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is described as the outsized contribution of expanded clones of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) to blood cell production. The prevalence of CH increases dramatically with age. CH can be caused by somatic mutations in individual genes or by gains and/or losses of larger chromosomal segments. CH is a premalignant state; the somatic mutations detected in CH are the...
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