Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome

To investigate large structural clonal mosaicism of chromosome X, we analysed the SNP microarray intensity data of 38,303 women from cancer genome-wide association studies (20,878 cases and 17,425 controls) and detected 124 mosaic X events >2 Mb in 97 (0.25%) women. Here we show rates for X-chrom...

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Main Authors: Machiela, Mitchell J., Zhou, Weiyin, Karlins, Eric, Sampson, Joshua N., Freedman, Neal D., Yang, Qi, Hicks, Belynda, Dagnall, Casey, Hautman, Christopher, Jacobs, Kevin B., Abnet, Christian C., Aldrich, Melinda C., Amos, Christopher, Amundadottir, Laufey T., Arslan, Alan A., Beane-Freeman, Laura E., Berndt, Sonja I., Black, Amanda, Blot, William J., Bock, Cathryn H., Bracci, Paige M., Brinton, Louise A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas, Burdett, Laurie, Buring, Julie E., Butler, Mary A., Canzian, Federico, Carreón, Tania, Chaffee, Kari G., Chang, I-Shou, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chen, Chu, Chen, Constance, Chen, Kexin, Chung, Charles C., Cook, Linda S., Crous Bou, Marta, Cullen, Michael, Davis, Faith G., De Vivo, Immaculata, Ding, Ti, Doherty, Jennifer, Duell, Eric J., Epstein, Caroline G., Fan, Jin-Hu, Figueroa, Jonine D., Fraumeni, Joseph F., Friedenreich, Christine M., Fuchs, Charles S., Gallinger, Steven, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gapstur, Susan M., Garcia-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M., Gaziano, J. Michael, Giles, Graham G., Gillanders, Elizabeth M., Giovannucci, Edward L., Goldin, Lynn, Goldstein, Alisa M., Haiman, Christopher A., Hallmans, Goran, Hankinson, Susan E., Harris, Curtis C., Henriksson, Roger, Holly, Elizabeth A., Hong, Yun-Chul, Hoover, Robert N., Hsiung, Chao A., Hu, Nan, Hu, Wei, Hunter, David J., Hutchinson, Amy, Jenab, Mazda, Johansen, Christoffer, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kim, Hee Nam, Kim, Yeul Hong, Kim, Young Tae, Klein, Alison P., Klein, Robert, Koh, Woon-Puay, Kolonel, Laurence N., Kooperberg, Charles, Kraft, Peter, Krogh, Vittorio, Kurtz, Robert C., LaCroix, Andrea, Lan, Qing, Landi, Maria Teresa, Marchand, Loic Le, Li, Donghui, Liang, Xiaolin, Liao, Linda M., Lin, Dongxin, Liu, Jianjun, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Lingeng, Magliocco, Anthony M., Malats, Nuria, Matsuo, Keitaro, McNeill, Lorna H., McWilliams, Robert R., Melin, Beatrice S., Mirabello, Lisa, Moore, Lee, Olson, Sara H., Orlow, Irene, Park, Jae Yong, Patiño-Garcia, Ana, Peplonska, Beata, Peters, Ulrike, Petersen, Gloria M., Pooler, Loreall, Prescott, Jennifer, Prokunina-Olsson, Ludmila, Purdue, Mark P., Qiao, You-Lin, Rajaraman, Preetha, Real, Francisco X., Riboli, Elio, Risch, Harvey A., Rodriguez-Santiago, Benjamin, Ruder, Avima M., Savage, Sharon A., Schumacher, Fredrick, Schwartz, Ann G., Schwartz, Kendra L., Seow, Adeline, Wendy Setiawan, Veronica, Severi, Gianluca, Shen, Hongbing, Sheng, Xin, Shin, Min-Ho, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Silverman, Debra T., Spitz, Margaret R., Stevens, Victoria L., Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael, Stram, Daniel, Tang, Ze-Zhong, Taylor, Philip R., Teras, Lauren R., Tobias, Geoffrey S., Van Den Berg, David, Visvanathan, Kala, Wacholder, Sholom, Wang, Jiu-Cun, Wang, Zhaoming, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Wheeler, William, White, Emily, Wiencke, John K., Wolpin, Brian M., Wong, Maria Pik, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tangchun, Wu, Xifeng, Wu, Yi-Long, Wunder, Jay S., Xia, Lucy, Yang, Hannah P., Yang, Pan-Chyr, Yu, Kai, Zanetti, Krista A., Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne, Zheng, Wei, Zhou, Baosen, Ziegler, Regina G., Perez-Jurado, Luis A., Caporaso, Neil E., Rothman, Nathaniel, Tucker, Margaret, Dean, Michael C., Yeager, Meredith, Chanock, Stephen J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909985/