Severe telomere shortening in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria affects both GPI- and GPI+ hematopoiesis

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A most distinctive feature of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is that in each patient glycosylphosphatidylinositol-negative (GPI-) and GPI+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) coexist, and both contribute to hematopoiesis. Telomere size correlates inversely with the cell division history of HSCs. In 10 patients with hemolytic PNH the telomeres in sorted GPI- granulocytes were shorter than in sorted GPI+ granulocytes in 4 cases, comparable in 2 cases, and longer in the remaining 4 cases. Furthermore, the telomeres of both GPI- and GPI+ hematopoietic cells were markedly shortened compared with age-matched controls. The short telomeres in the GPI- cells probably reflect the large number of cell divisions required for the progeny of a single cell to contribute a large proportion of hematopoiesis. The short telomeres of the GPI+ cells indicate that the residual hematopoiesis contributed by these cells is not normal. This epigenetic change is an additional feature shared by PNH and aplastic anemia. © 2003 by The American Society of Hematology.

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Karadimitris, A., Araten, D. J., Luzzatto, L., & Notaro, R. (2003). Severe telomere shortening in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria affects both GPI- and GPI+ hematopoiesis. Blood, 102(2), 514–516. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-01-0128

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