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ReviewBlood2020

Clonal hematopoiesis: mechanisms driving dominance of stem cell clones.

Grant A Challen, Margaret A Goodell

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Review in Blood, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.5field-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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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48 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Grant A ChallenDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and.
Margaret A GoodellDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in older individuals has changed the way hematologists and stem cell biologists view aging. Somatic mutations accumulate in stem cells over time. While most mutations have no impact, some result in subtle functional differences that ultimately manifest in distinct stem cell behaviors. With a large pool of stem cells and many decades to compete, some of these differences confer advantages under specific contexts. Approximately 20 genes are recurrently found as mutated in CH, indicating they confer some advantage. The impact of these mutations has begun to be analyzed at a molecular level by modeling in cell lines and in mice. Mutations in epigenetic regulators such as DNMT3A and TET2 confer an advantage by enhancing self-renewal of stem and progenitor cells and inhibiting their differentiation. Mutations in other genes involved in the DNA damage response may simply enhance cell survival. Here, we review proposed mechanisms that lead to CH, specifically in the context of stem cell biology, based on our current understanding of the function of some of the CH-associated genes.

Indexed as

Clonal HematopoiesisHematopoiesisAnimalsBiomarkersCell DifferentiationClonal EvolutionDioxygenasesDiscoidin Domain ReceptorsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA DamageDNA Methyltransferase 3AGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMutationProto-Oncogene ProteinsBiomarkersDioxygenasesDiscoidin Domain ReceptorsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNMT3A protein, humanDnmt3a protein, mouseProto-Oncogene ProteinsTET2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID32746453
PMCPMC7530644
OpenAlexW3047537073

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