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Tissue-specific mutation accumulation in human adult stem cells during life

Study ID Alternative Stable ID Type
EGAS00001001682 Other

Study Description

Gradual accumulation of mutations in human adult stem cells during life is associated with various age-related diseases, including cancer. The number of stem cell divisions throughout life is believed to be a major determinant for mutation accumulation and could explain the extreme variation of cancer incidence across different organs. Yet, mutation patterns and rates of healthy adult stem cells remain unknown. Here, we determined genome-wide mutation patterns in primary adult stem cells of the small intestine, colon and liver of human donors with ages ranging from 3 to 87 years. We find that the number of mutations increases linearly with age up to several thousand mutations per cell at 87 years of age, while mutation spectra remain constant throughout life. Small intestine and colon stem cells have a 2-fold higher mutation rate per year compared with liver stem cells. These differences could be exclusively attributed to the mutagenic action of spontaneous deamination of cytosine residues and may reflect the high stem cell division rate in these tissues. The genomic distribution of ... (Show More)

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Dataset ID Description Technology Samples
EGAD00001001900
DNA sequencing reads of human adult stem cell cultures from liver, colon and small intestine. Including biopsy or blood samples of the donors.
HiSeq X Ten,Illumina HiSeq 2500,NextSeq 500 61

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