The age-associated mutational state of clonal haematopoiesis (CH) is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes. As higher risk CH can lead to progressive neoplastic or vascular disease, there is interest in developing clinical trials to mitigate risk associated with CH. Given the high prevalence of CH, data from clinical trials could have broad public health implications for screening and therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have developed a cost-effective DNA methylation sequencing assay to improve monitoring of clonal hematopoiesis. By inferring cell-type proportions, this method enhances interpretation of clonal trajectories compared to interpretation based on variant allele fraction only.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a genetically complex and phenotypically diverse set of clonal hematologic neoplasms that occur with increasing frequency with age. MDS has long been associated with systemic inflammatory conditions and disordered inflammatory signaling is implicated in MDS pathogenesis. A rise in sterile inflammation occurs with ageing and the term "inflammaging" has been coined by to describe this phenomenon.
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