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[Aging and clonal hematopoesis.]
Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii - 1 Jan 2024
Bogdanov A N, Voloshin S V, Kunevich E O, Mikhaleva M A
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The number of somatic mutations among all tissues increases along with age. This process was well-studied in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Some mutations lead to a proliferative advantage and expansion of HSCs to form a dominant clone. Clonal hematopoiesis is general in the elderly population. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is a more common phenomenon in the elderly and is defined as...
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