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ArticleNature2020

Monogenic and polygenic inheritance become instruments for clonal selection.

Po-Ru Loh, Giulio Genovese, Steven A McCarroll

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
153citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

153 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mosaic Chromosomal Alterations and Human Longevity.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023
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  17. Mosaic loss of Y chromosome associates with lung function, emphysema, and epigenetic aging.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2026
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93 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Po-Ru LohDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. poruloh@broadinstitute.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-9064
Giulio GenoveseProgram in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. giulio.genovese@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3066-5575
Steven A McCarrollProgram in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. mccarroll@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-8184
Broad Institute · US

Funding

Structurally complex genome loci in human populations and human phenotypesR01HG006855 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Steven Andrew McCarroll · 2012 to 2026
$8.2M
Revealing somatic genome alterations and their clinical sequelae: Ultrasensitive computational detection of mosaic structural variantsDP2ES030554 · NIEHS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LOH, PO-RU · 2018 to 2018
$2.7M
Multi-allelic forms of human genome structural variationR56HG006855 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MCCARROLL, STEVEN ANDREW · 2020 to 2020
$339k
Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006855NHGRI NIH HHS R56 HG006855NIEHS NIH HHS DP2 ES030554Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clonally expanded blood cells that contain somatic mutations (clonal haematopoiesis) are commonly acquired with age and increase the risk of blood cancer

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AdultAgedAllelesCardiovascular DiseasesCell DivisionChromosome AberrationsClonal EvolutionClone CellsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHematologic NeoplasmsHematopoiesisHumansLoss of HeterozygosityMaleMiddle Aged

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PMID32581363
PMCPMC7415571
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