Sex differences in immunity to viral infections

H Jacobsen, SL Klein - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness about sex-specific differences
in immunity and outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Strong evidence of a male bias …

Human immune diversity: from evolution to modernity

A Liston, S Humblet-Baron, D Duffy, A Goris - Nature immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The extreme diversity of the human immune system, forged and maintained throughout
evolutionary history, provides a potent defense against opportunistic pathogens. At the same …

Common and rare variant associations with clonal haematopoiesis phenotypes

MD Kessler, A Damask, S O'Keeffe, N Banerjee, D Li… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Clonal haematopoiesis involves the expansion of certain blood cell lineages and has been
associated with ageing and adverse health outcomes,,,–. Here we use exome sequence …

Genome-wide analyses of 200,453 individuals yield new insights into the causes and consequences of clonal hematopoiesis

SP Kar, PM Quiros, M Gu, T Jiang, J Mitchell… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Clonal hematopoiesis (CH), the clonal expansion of a blood stem cell and its progeny driven
by somatic driver mutations, affects over a third of people, yet remains poorly understood …

Multiparameter prediction of myeloid neoplasia risk

M Gu, SC Kovilakam, WG Dunn, L Marando… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The myeloid neoplasms encompass acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes
and myeloproliferative neoplasms. Most cases arise from the shared ancestor of clonal …

Genetics and epidemiology of mutational barcode-defined clonal hematopoiesis

SN Stacey, F Zink, GH Halldorsson, L Stefansdottir… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) arises when a substantial proportion of mature blood cells is
derived from a single hematopoietic stem cell lineage. Using whole-genome sequencing of …

Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

KS Ruth, FR Day, J Hussain, A Martínez-Marchal… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Reproductive longevity is essential for fertility and influences healthy ageing in women,, but
insights into its underlying biological mechanisms and treatments to preserve it are limited …

Y chromosome loss in cancer drives growth by evasion of adaptive immunity

HA Abdel-Hafiz, JM Schafer, X Chen, T Xiao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) is observed in multiple cancer types, including 10–40% of
bladder cancers,,,,–, but its clinical and biological significance is unknown. Here, using …

Hematopoietic loss of Y chromosome leads to cardiac fibrosis and heart failure mortality

S Sano, K Horitani, H Ogawa, J Halvardson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) is associated with increased risk of
mortality and age-related diseases in men, but the causal and mechanistic relationships …

Clonal haematopoiesis and dysregulation of the immune system

R Belizaire, WJ Wong, ML Robinette… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Age-related diseases are frequently linked to pathological immune dysfunction, including
excessive inflammation, autoreactivity and immunodeficiency. Recent analyses of human …