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SUBMITTER: Pfau SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4926863 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pfau Sarah J SJ Silberman Rebecca E RE Knouse Kristin A KA Amon Angelika A
Genes & development 20160616 12
Aneuploidy, an imbalanced karyotype, is a widely observed feature of cancer cells that has long been hypothesized to promote tumorigenesis. Here we evaluate the fitness of cells with constitutional trisomy or chromosomal instability (CIN) in vivo using hematopoietic reconstitution experiments. We did not observe cancer but instead found that aneuploid hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) exhibit decreased fitness. This reduced fitness is due at least in part to the decreased proliferative potential o ...[more]