Genetic variation reveals a homeotic long noncoding RNA that modulates human hematopoietic stem cells
Peng Lyu, Gaurav Agarwal, C. Guo, Adam Sychla, Wallace Bourgeois, Tianyi Ye, Chen Weng, Mateusz Antoszewski, Samantha Joubran, Alexis Caulier, Michael Poeschla, Scott A. Armstrong, Silvi Rouskin, Vijay G. Sankaran
The paper identifies a genetic variant associated with reduced blood counts and cancer protection, showing it disrupts a lncRNA that regulates HOXA gene expression in hematopoietic stem cells.
Cell · May 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics