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ArticleNature communications2025

An inflammatory T-cell-stromal axis contributes to hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell failure and clonal evolution in human myelodysplastic syndrome.

Lanpeng Chen, Yujie Bian, Eline Pronk, Claire van Dijk, Tim V D van Tienhoven, Remco M Hoogenboezem, Eric M Bindels, Dennis Bosch, Sadaf Fazeli, Aniek O de Graaf and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Lanpeng Chen *Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Yujie Bian *Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eline PronkDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Claire van DijkDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tim V D van TienhovenDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Remco M HoogenboezemDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eric M BindelsDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-669X
Dennis BoschDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Sadaf FazeliDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
Aniek O de GraafLaboratory of Hematology-Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1459-6234
Theresia M WestersDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-3058
Maksim KholmatovEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4201-8124
Judith B ZauggEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-4040
Pedro L MouraDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-5394
Eva Hellström-LindbergDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-3743
Arjan A van de LoosdrechtDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Joop H JansenLaboratory of Hematology-Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9459-568X
Mathijs A SandersDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Marc H G P RaaijmakersDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.h.g.raaijmakers@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8315-9417

Funding

KWF Kankerbestrijding (Dutch Cancer Society) 2008-4333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is characterized by bone marrow failure, clonal evolution and leukemic progression, but the pathophysiologic processes driving these events remain incompletely understood. Here, by establishing a comprehensive single-cell transcriptional taxonomy of human MDS, we reveal that inflammatory remodeling of bone marrow stromal niches is a common early feature, irrespective of the genetic driver landscape. We identify an activated CD8-T-cell subset as a source of stromal inflammation via TNF-receptor signaling, which prompts the inflammatory rewiring and loss of repopulating ability of residual normal hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC). Mutant HSPCs display relative resistance to this inflammatory stress and reside predominantly in a transcriptional 'high output' state, providing a biological framework to their competitive advantage in an inflammatory microenvironment. Consistent with this, stromal inflammation associates with leukemic progression and reduced survival. Our data thus support a model of immune-stromal inflammatory signaling driving tissue failure and clonal evolution in the hematopoietic system. Mechanisms of clonal evolution in myeloid neoplasms remain incompletely understood. Darwinian theory predicts that the (micro)environment of clone-propagating stem cells may contribute to clonal selection. Here, we provide data fitting this model, establishing a relationship between stromal niche inflammation, inflammatory stress in HSPCs, clonal resistance and leukemic evolution in human MDS.

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesClonal EvolutionHematopoietic Stem CellsInflammationMyelodysplastic SyndromesAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiceSignal TransductionStem Cell NicheStromal Cells

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PMID41253768
PMCPMC12627551

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