• J. Intern. Med. · Oct 2024

    Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and risk of neurodegenerative diseases.

    • Xinyuan Liu, Huiwen Xue, Karin Wirdefeldt, Huan Song, Karin Smedby, Fang Fang, and Qianwei Liu.
    • Center for Intelligent Medicine Research, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Guangzhou, China.
    • J. Intern. Med. 2024 Oct 1; 296 (4): 327335327-335.

    BackgroundLittle is known regarding the association between clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and risk of neurodegenerative diseases.ObjectiveTo estimate the risk of neurodegenerative diseases among individuals with CHIP.MethodsWe conducted a community-based cohort study based on UK Biobank and used Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the risk of any neurodegenerative disease, subtypes of neurodegenerative diseases (including primary neurodegenerative diseases, vascular neurodegenerative diseases, and other neurodegenerative diseases), and specific diagnoses of neurodegenerative diseases (i.e., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS], Alzheimer's disease [AD], and Parkinson's disease [PD]) associated with CHIP.ResultsWe identified 14,440 individuals with CHIP and 450,907 individuals without CHIP. Individuals with CHIP had an increased risk of any neurodegenerative disease (HR 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01-1.19). We also observed a statistically significantly increased risk for vascular neurodegenerative diseases (HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.05-1.63) and ALS (HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.05-2.15). An increased risk was also noted for other neurodegenerative diseases (HR 1.13, 95% CI 0.97-1.32), although not statistically significant. Null association was noted for primary neurodegenerative diseases (HR 1.06, 95% CI 0.96-1.17), AD (HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.88-1.23), and PD (HR 1.02, 95% CI 0.86-1.21). The risk increase in any neurodegenerative disease was mainly observed for DNMT3A-mutant CHIP, ASXL1-mutant CHIP, or SRSF2-mutant CHIP.ConclusionIndividuals with CHIP were at an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases, primarily vascular neurodegenerative diseases and ALS, but potentially also other neurodegenerative diseases. These findings suggest potential shared mechanisms between CHIP and neurodegenerative diseases.© 2024 The Association for the Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine.

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