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Cellular mosaicism

MedGen UID:
137687
•Concept ID:
C0333678
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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

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Stone PH, Libby P, Boden WE
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Standardizing Definitions of Hematopoietic Recovery, Graft Rejection, Graft Failure, Poor Graft Function, and Donor Chimerism in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Report on Behalf of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.
Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Kumar A, Ayala E, Aljurf M, Nishihori T, Marsh R, Burroughs LM, Majhail N, Al-Homsi AS, Al-Kadhimi ZS, Bar M, Bertaina A, Boelens JJ, Champlin R, Chaudhury S, DeFilipp Z, Dholaria B, El-Jawahri A, Fanning S, Fraint E, Gergis U, Giralt S, Hamilton BK, Hashmi SK, Horn B, Inamoto Y, Jacobsohn DA, Jain T, Johnston L, Kanate AS, Kansagra A, Kassim A, Kean LS, Kitko CL, Knight-Perry J, Kurtzberg J, Liu H, MacMillan ML, Mahmoudjafari Z, Mielcarek M, Mohty M, Nagler A, Nemecek E, Olson TS, Oran B, Perales MA, Prockop SE, Pulsipher MA, Pusic I, Riches ML, Rodriguez C, Romee R, Rondon G, Saad A, Shah N, Shaw PJ, Shenoy S, Sierra J, Talano J, Verneris MR, Veys P, Wagner JE, Savani BN, Hamadani M, Carpenter PA
Transplant Cell Ther 2021 Aug;27(8):642-649. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.04.007. PMID: 34304802
Primary immunodeficiency diseases: Genomic approaches delineate heterogeneous Mendelian disorders.
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

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 271 PCDH19-variant individuals identifies psychiatric comorbidities, and association of seizure onset and disease severity.
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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