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Impaired DNA damage repair as a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Shiwaku H, Okazawa H
Abstract excerpt
Impaired DNA damage repair is a common pathological endophenotype of some types of neurodegenerative diseases, intellectual disabilities, and psychiatric diseases. Dysfunctional DNA repair and DNA damage, including DNA double-stranded breaks, are linked to transcriptional dysfunction and abnormal DNA methylation. Impaired DNA repair in neural stem cells leads to microcephaly or cerebellar ataxia. Furthermore, DNA...
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