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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome protein TREX1 suppresses L1 and maintains genome integrity through exonuclease-independent ORF1p depletion.
Nucleic acids research - 5 May 2017
Li Peng, Du Juan, Goodier John L, Hou Jingwei, Kang Jian, Kazazian Haig H, Zhao Ke, Yu Xiao-Fang
Abstract excerpt
Maintaining genome integrity is important for cells and damaged DNA triggers autoimmunity. Previous studies have reported that Three-prime repair exonuclease 1(TREX1), an endogenous DNA exonuclease, prevents immune activation by depleting damaged DNA, thus preventing the development of certain autoimmune diseases. Consistently, mutations in TREX1 are linked with autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus...
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