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Pterygium and genetic polymorphisms of the DNA repair enzymes XRCC1, XPA, and XPD.
Molecular vision - 20 Apr 2010
Chiang Chun-Chi, Tsai Yi-Yu, Bau Da-Tian, Cheng Ya-Wen, Tseng Sung-Huei, Wang Rou-Fen, Tsai Fuu-Jen
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PURPOSE: Pterygium is an ultraviolet (UV) related disease. UV radiation can produce DNA damage, which is repaired by the DNA repair systems. Among the DNA repair systems, the base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) systems are the major ones involved in repairing UV-induced DNA damage; X-ray repair cross complementary 1 (XRCC1) and human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1) are two BER...
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