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Cellular mosaicism

MedGen UID:
137687
Concept ID:
C0333678
Organism Attribute
Synonym: Chimerism
SNOMED CT: Cellular mosaicism (71568000); Chimerism (71568000)

Definition

The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from different individuals. This contrasts with mosaicism in which the different cell populations are derived from a single individual. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCellular mosaicism

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PubMed

Buckley LF, Libby P
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2024 May;44(5):1031-1041. Epub 2024 Mar 21 doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.319851. PMID: 38511324Free PMC Article
Stone PH, Libby P, Boden WE
JAMA Cardiol 2023 Feb 1;8(2):192-201. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.3926. PMID: 36515941Free PMC Article
Stray-Pedersen A, Sorte HS, Samarakoon P, Gambin T, Chinn IK, Coban Akdemir ZH, Erichsen HC, Forbes LR, Gu S, Yuan B, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Rødningen OK, Sheng Y, Nicholas SK, Noroski LM, Seeborg FO, Davis CM, Canter DL, Mace EM, Vece TJ, Allen CE, Abhyankar HA, Boone PM, Beck CR, Wiszniewski W, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Tjønnfjord GE, Gedde-Dahl T, Hjorth-Hansen H, Dybedal I, Nordøy I, Jørgensen SF, Abrahamsen TG, Øverland T, Bechensteen AG, Skogen V, Osnes LTN, Kulseth MA, Prescott TE, Rustad CF, Heimdal KR, Belmont JW, Rider NL, Chinen J, Cao TN, Smith EA, Caldirola MS, Bezrodnik L, Lugo Reyes SO, Espinosa Rosales FJ, Guerrero-Cursaru ND, Pedroza LA, Poli CM, Franco JL, Trujillo Vargas CM, Aldave Becerra JC, Wright N, Issekutz TB, Issekutz AC, Abbott J, Caldwell JW, Bayer DK, Chan AY, Aiuti A, Cancrini C, Holmberg E, West C, Burstedt M, Karaca E, Yesil G, Artac H, Bayram Y, Atik MM, Eldomery MK, Ehlayel MS, Jolles S, Flatø B, Bertuch AA, Hanson IC, Zhang VW, Wong LJ, Hu J, Walkiewicz M, Yang Y, Eng CM, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Shearer WT, Lyle R, Orange JS, Lupski JR
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017 Jan;139(1):232-245. Epub 2016 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.05.042. PMID: 27577878Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Kolc KL, Sadleir LG, Scheffer IE, Ivancevic A, Roberts R, Pham DH, Gecz J
Mol Psychiatry 2019 Feb;24(2):241-251. Epub 2018 Jun 11 doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0066-9. PMID: 29892053Free PMC Article

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