Clonal hematopoiesis and preleukemia-Genetics, biology, and clinical implications

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Myeloid neoplasms including myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) originate from hematopoietic stem cells through sequential acquisition of genetic and epigenetic alterations that ultimately cause the disease-specific phenotype of impaired differentiation and increased proliferation. It has become clear that preleukemic clonal hematopoiesis (CH), characterized by an expansion of stem and progenitor cells that carry somatic mutations but are still capable of normal differentiation, can precede the development of clinically overt myeloid neoplasia by many years. CH commonly develops in the aging hematopoietic system, yet progression to myelodysplasia or AML is rare. The discovery that myeloid neoplasms frequently develop from premalignant precursor conditions that are detectable in many healthy individuals has important consequences for the diagnosis, and potentially for the treatment of these disorders. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on CH as a precursor of myeloid cancers and the implications of CH-related gene mutations in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected myelodysplastic syndrome. We will discuss the risk of progression associated with CH in healthy persons and in patients undergoing chemotherapy for a non-hematologic cancer, and the significance of CH in autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Finally, we will review the significance of preleukemic clones in AML and their persistence in patients who achieve a remission after chemotherapeutic treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 58(2019), 12 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 828-838

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hartmann, Luise [VerfasserIn]
Metzeler, Klaus H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute myeloid leukemia
Clonal evolution
Clonal hematopoiesis
Journal Article
Preleukemia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.03.2020

Date Revised 09.03.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/gcc.22756

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295611197