Somatic Mutations and Clonal Hematopoiesis: Unexpected Potential New Drivers of Age-Related Cardiovascular Disease.
Increasing evidence shows that conventional cardiovascular risk factors are incompletely predictive of cardiovascular disease, particularly in elderly individuals, suggesting that there may still be unidentified causal risk factors. Although the accumulation of somatic DNA mutations is a hallmark of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) |
| Repositorio: | Repisalud |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/17501 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17501 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mutation Aged Aging Animals Atherosclerosis Bone Marrow Transplantation Cardiovascular Diseases Causality Clone Cells DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases DNA Methyltransferase 3A DNA-Binding Proteins Dioxygenases Genes, Neoplasm Genetic Association Studies Hematologic Neoplasms Hematopoiesis Hematopoietic Stem Cells Humans Janus Kinase 2 Mice Population Dynamics Precision Medicine Proto-Oncogene Proteins Risk Factors |
| Sumario: | Increasing evidence shows that conventional cardiovascular risk factors are incompletely predictive of cardiovascular disease, particularly in elderly individuals, suggesting that there may still be unidentified causal risk factors. Although the accumulation of somatic DNA mutations is a hallmark of aging, its relevance in cardiovascular disease or other age-related conditions has been, with the exception of cancer, largely unexplored. Here, we review recent clinical and preclinical studies that have identified acquired mutations in hematopoietic stem cells and subsequent clonal hematopoiesis as a new cardiovascular risk factor and a potential major driver of atherosclerosis. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the connection between somatic mutation-driven clonal hematopoiesis and cardiovascular disease will be highly relevant in the context of personalized medicine, as it may provide key information for the design of diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic strategies tailored to the effects of specific somatic mutations. |
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