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 …

Loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in blood cells is associated with increased risk for disease and mortality in aging men

LA Forsberg - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Recent discoveries have shown that harboring cells without the Y chromosome in the
peripheral blood is associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality and disease such …

Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

DJ Thompson, G Genovese, J Halvardson, JC Ulirsch… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in circulating white blood cells is the most common
form of clonal mosaicism,,,–, yet our knowledge of the causes and consequences of this is …

GWAS of mosaic loss of chromosome Y highlights genetic effects on blood cell differentiation

C Terao, Y Momozawa, K Ishigaki, E Kawakami… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (mLOY) is frequently observed in the leukocytes of ageing
men. However, the genetic architecture and biological mechanisms underlying mLOY are …

Genetic variants associated with mosaic Y chromosome loss highlight cell cycle genes and overlap with cancer susceptibility

DJ Wright, FR Day, ND Kerrison, F Zink, A Cardona… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The Y chromosome is frequently lost in hematopoietic cells, which represents the most
common somatic alteration in men. However, the mechanisms that regulate mosaic loss of …

Mosaic chromosome Y loss is associated with alterations in blood cell counts in UK Biobank men

SH Lin, E Loftfield, JN Sampson, W Zhou, M Yeager… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) is the most frequently detected somatic copy number
alteration in leukocytes of men. In this study, we investigate blood cell counts as a potential …

Predictors of mosaic chromosome Y loss and associations with mortality in the UK Biobank

E Loftfield, W Zhou, BI Graubard, M Yeager… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Mosaic loss of the Y chromosome (mLOY) is the most commonly reported large structural
somatic event. Previous studies have indicated age and cigarette smoking increase the risk …

Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in leukocytes matters

LA Forsberg, J Halvardson, E Rychlicka-Buniowska… - Nature Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
To the Editor—Recent studies have found associations between loss of chromosome Y
(LOY) in leukocytes and an increased risk for all-cause mortality1 as well as various …

Mosaic Y loss is moderately associated with solid tumor risk

E Loftfield, W Zhou, M Yeager, SJ Chanock… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Mosaic loss of the Y chromosome (mLOY) in peripheral leukocytes is a somatic event in
which a fraction of leukocytes have lost the entire Y chromosome. The frequency of mLOY …

[HTML][HTML] Mosaic loss of chromosome Y promotes leukemogenesis and clonal hematopoiesis

Q Zhang, L Zhao, Y Yang, S Li, Y Liu, C Chen - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (mLOY) in blood cells is one of the most frequent
chromosome alterations in adult males. It is strongly associated with clonal hematopoiesis …