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ArticleNature2025

Metformin reduces the competitive advantage of Dnmt3a

Mohsen Hosseini, Veronique Voisin, Ali Chegini, Angelica Varesi, Severine Cathelin, Dhanoop Manikoth Ayyathan, Alex C H Liu, Yitong Yang, Vivian Wang, Abdula Maher and 17 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
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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

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Mohsen HosseiniPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1686-8512
Veronique Voisin *Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3405-9532
Ali Chegini *Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-8249-7258
Angelica Varesi *Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Severine Cathelin *Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dhanoop Manikoth AyyathanPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Alex C H LiuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yitong YangPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Vivian WangPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abdula MaherPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0009-0009-6535-6888
Eric GrignanoPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Julie A ReiszDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Angelo D'AlessandroDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2258-6490
Kira YoungThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Yiyan WuDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Martina FiumaraSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-5934-9273
Samuele FerrariSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1122-1231
Luigi NaldiniSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7835-527X
Federico GaitiPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5111-8816
Shraddha PaiDonnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Grace EganPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4036-8403
Aaron D SchimmerPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4023-3899
Gary D BaderDonnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
John E DickPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Stephanie Z XiePrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0284-494X
Jennifer J TrowbridgeThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7636-9504
Steven M ChanPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. steven.chan@uhn.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4354-0731

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934University of Toronto, a New Investigator Award from the Leukemia Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clonal haematopoiesis arises when a haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) acquires a mutation that confers a competitive advantage over wild-type HSCs, resulting in its clonal expansion. Individuals with clonal haematopoiesis are at increased risk of developing haematologic neoplasms and other age-related inflammatory illnesses

Indexed as

Cell CompetitionClonal HematopoiesisDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesHematopoietic Stem CellsMetforminAnimalsCell RespirationClone CellsDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3AFemaleHistonesHumansMaleMiceMitochondriaDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNMT3A protein, humanDnmt3a protein, mouseHistonesMetformin

Identifiers

PMID40240595
PMCPMC12869297

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