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SUBMITTER: Thol F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3232272 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thol Felicitas F Winschel Claudia C Lüdeking Andrea A Yun Haiyang H Friesen Inna I Damm Frederik F Wagner Katharina K Krauter Jürgen J Heuser Michael M Ganser Arnold A
Haematologica 20110831 12
Gene mutations and epigenetic changes have been shown to play significant roles in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes. Recently, mutations in DNMT3A were identified in 22.1% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia. In this study, we analyzed the frequency and clinical impact of DNMT3A mutations in a cohort of 193 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Mutations in DNMT3A were found in 2.6% of patients. The majority of mutations were heterozygous missense mutations affecting codon R8 ...[more]