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ArticleNature communications2021

TET2 mutations are associated with hypermethylation at key regulatory enhancers in normal and malignant hematopoiesis.

Morten Tulstrup, Mette Soerensen, Jakob Werner Hansen, Linn Gillberg, Maria Needhamsen, Katja Kaastrup, Kristian Helin, Kaare Christensen, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Kirsten Grønbæk

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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68 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Morten TulstrupDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7444-7652
Mette SoerensenThe Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5268-3366
Jakob Werner HansenDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Linn GillbergDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0588-1663
Maria NeedhamsenCenter for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Katja KaastrupDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristian HelinBiotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kaare ChristensenThe Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5429-5292
Joachim WeischenfeldtBiotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. joachim.weischenfeldt@bric.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-3917-5524
Kirsten GrønbækDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. kirsten.groenbaek@regionh.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-1535-9601
University of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
TRAJECTORIES OF MORTALITY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANSP01AG008761 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI YASHIN, ANATOLIY I · 1990 to 2008
$17.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIA NIH HHS P01 AG008761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in the epigenetic modifier TET2 are frequent in myeloid malignancies and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS). Here, we investigate associations between TET2 mutations and DNA methylation in whole blood in 305 elderly twins, 15 patients with CCUS and 18 healthy controls. We find that TET2 mutations are associated with DNA hypermethylation at enhancer sites in whole blood in CHIP and in both granulocytes and mononuclear cells in CCUS. These hypermethylated sites are associated with leukocyte function and immune response and ETS-related and C/EBP-related transcription factor motifs. While the majority of TET2-associated hypermethylation sites are shared between CHIP and in AML, we find a set of AML-specific hypermethylated loci at active enhancer elements in hematopoietic stem cells. In summary, we show that TET2 mutations is associated with hypermethylated enhancers involved in myeloid differentiation in both CHIP, CCUS and AML patients.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEnhancer Elements, GeneticMutationDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3AHematopoiesisHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMyeloproliferative DisordersTranscription FactorsDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNMT3A protein, humanTET2 protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID34663818
PMCPMC8523747
OpenAlexW3205085619

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