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“This study uniquely examines the prevalence and impact of the KIT M541L variant in both adult and pediatric patients with mastocytosis further stratified by disease variant.”
BUFFALO, NY- July 24, 2024 – A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on July 22, 2024, entitled, “Prevalence and impact of the KIT M541L variant in patients with mastocytosis.”
Activating mutations in KIT, particularly D816V, have been associated with mastocytosis. Additionally, expression of heterozygous KIT M541L has been primarily reported in patients with pediatric mastocytosis.
In this new study, researchers Luisa N. Dominguez Aldama, Eric Karlins, Xiaoping Sun, Daniel Veltri, Hirsh D. Komarow, Irina Maric, Dean D. Metcalfe, and Melody C. Carter from the National Institutes of Health examined the prevalence of this variant in pediatric and adult patients with mastocytosis (n = 100) compared to ancestry-matched 1000 genomes controls (n = 500) and patients with idiopathic anaphylaxis (n = 23). They then compared clinical symptoms and laboratory data on patients with systemic and cutaneous mastocytosis and bone marrow histopathology on a matched cohort with and without the KIT M541L variant.
“We found a significant association between KIT M541L genotype and the diagnosis of mastocytosis.”
Overall, the KIT M541L variant was identified in 19 individuals; the majority were diagnosed with systemic mastocytosis (89.4%) with an associated KIT D816V mutation. There were no significant differences in peripheral blood parameters between groups. Patients with mastocytosis carrying the KIT M541L variant did not demonstrate significant differences in symptomatology compared to a matched reference cohort (n = 13/81) without KIT M541L. In patients with idiopathic anaphylaxis, no significant associations were observed.
“To our knowledge, this is the first case/control study to show a significant genetic association with mastocytosis at the KIT M541L locus.”
Continue reading: DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28614
Correspondence to: Melody C. Carter
Email: mcarter@niaid.nih.gov
Keywords: mastocytosis, KIT M541L, KIT D816V, adults, pediatrics
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