Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

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We detected clonal mosaicism for large chromosomal anomalies (duplications, deletions and uniparental disomy) using SNP microarray data from over 50,000 subjects recruited for genome-wide association studies. This detection method requires a relatively high frequency of cells with the same abnormal karyotype (>5-10%; presumably of clonal origin) in the presence of normal cells. The frequency of detectable clonal mosaicism in peripheral blood is low (<0.5%) from birth until 50 years of age, after which it rapidly rises to 2-3% in the elderly. Many of the mosaic anomalies are characteristic of those found in hematological cancers and identify common deleted regions with genes previously associated with these cancers. Although only 3% of subjects with detectable clonal mosaicism had any record of hematological cancer before DNA sampling, those without a previous diagnosis have an estimated tenfold higher risk of a subsequent hematological cancer (95% confidence interval = 6-18).

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  • Laurie, CC; Laurie, CA; Rice, K; Doheny, KF; Zelnick, LR; McHugh, CP; Ling, H; Hetrick, KN; Pugh, EW; Amos, C; Wei, Q; Wang, L-E; Lee, JE; Barnes, KC; Hansel, NN; Mathias, R; Daley, D; Beaty, TH; Scott, AF; Ruczinski, I; Scharpf, RB; Bierut, LJ; Hartz, SM; Landi, MT; Freedman, ND; Goldin, LR; Ginsburg, D; Li, J; Desch, KC; Strom, SS; Blot, WJ; Signorello, LB; Ingles, SA; Chanock, SJ; Berndt, SI; Le Marchand, L; Henderson, BE; Monroe, KR; Heit, JA; de Andrade, M; Armasu, SM; Regnier, C; Lowe, WL; Hayes, MG; Marazita, ML; Feingold, E; Murray, JC; Melbye, M; Feenstra, B; Kang, JH; Wiggs, JL; Jarvik, GP; McDavid, AN; Seshan, VE; Mirel, DB; Crenshaw, A; Sharopova, N; Wise, A; Shen, J; Crosslin, DR; Levine, DM; Zheng, X; Udren, JI; Bennett, S; Nelson, SC; Gogarten, SM; Conomos, MP; Heagerty, P; Manolio, T; Pasquale, LR; Haiman, CA; Caporaso, N; Weir, BS

Published Date

  • May 6, 2012

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 44 / 6

Start / End Page

  • 642 - 650

PubMed ID

  • 22561516

Pubmed Central ID

  • 22561516

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1546-1718

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/ng.2271

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States