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Trial reportBlood2015

Telomere attrition and candidate gene mutations preceding monosomy 7 in aplastic anemia.

Bogdan Dumitriu, Xingmin Feng, Danielle M Townsley, Yasutaka Ueda, Tetsuichi Yoshizato, Rodrigo T Calado, Yanqin Yang, Yoshiyuki Wakabayashi, Sachiko Kajigaya, Seishi Ogawa and 2 more

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Trial report in Blood, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Danazol Treatment for Telomere Diseases.The New England journal of medicine · 2016
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  9. The global epidemiology of acute myeloid leukaemia.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
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  17. Clonal hematopoiesis and bone marrow failure syndromes.Best practice & research. Clinical haematology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Bogdan DumitriuHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
Xingmin FengHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
Danielle M TownsleyHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
Yasutaka UedaHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
Tetsuichi YoshizatoDepartment of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
Rodrigo T CaladoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; and.
Yanqin YangDNA Sequencing and Computational Biology Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Yoshiyuki WakabayashiDNA Sequencing and Computational Biology Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Sachiko KajigayaHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
Seishi OgawaDepartment of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
Jun ZhuDNA Sequencing and Computational Biology Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Neal S YoungHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD;
National Institutes of Health · USNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · USKyoto University · JPUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

Pathogenesis And Treatment Of Aplastic AnemiaZIAHL002315 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI YOUNG, NEAL S · 2009 to 2025
$60.1M
Telomeres DiseasesZIAHL006089 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI YOUNG, NEAL S · 2010 to 2025
$26.2M
DNA Sequencing Core (DSC)ZICHL006058 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI ZHU, JUN · 2010 to 2016
$16.6M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathophysiology of severe aplastic anemia (SAA) is immune-mediated destruction of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Most patients respond to immunosuppressive therapies, but a minority transform to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), frequently associated with monosomy 7 (-7). Thirteen SAA patients were analyzed for acquired mutations in myeloid cells at the time of evolution to -7, and all had a dominant HSPC clone bearing specific acquired mutations. However, mutations in genes associated with MDS/AML were present in only 4 cases. Patients who evolved to MDS and AML showed marked progressive telomere attrition before the emergence of -7. Single telomere length analysis confirmed accumulation of short telomere fragments of individual chromosomes. Our results indicate that accelerated telomere attrition in the setting of a decreased HSPC pool is characteristic of early myeloid oncogenesis, specifically chromosome 7 loss, in MDS/AML after SAA, and provides a possible mechanism for development of aneuploidy.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem CellsTelomere HomeostasisAnemia, AplasticChromosome DeletionChromosomes, Human, Pair 7FemaleHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMyelodysplastic Syndromes

Identifiers

PMID25406353
PMCPMC4304114
OpenAlexW1974668500

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