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Effects of psoriasis and psoralen exposure on the somatic mutation landscape of the skin.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 2023
Olafsson Sigurgeir, Rodriguez Elke, Lawson Andrew R J, Abascal Federico, Huber Axel Rosendahl, Suembuel Melike, Jones Philip H, Gerdes Sascha, Martincorena Iñigo, Weidinger Stephan, Campbell Peter J, Anderson Carl A
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations are hypothesized to play a role in many non-neoplastic diseases. We performed whole-exome sequencing of 1,182 microbiopsies dissected from lesional and nonlesional epidermis from 111 patients with psoriasis to search for evidence that somatic mutations in keratinocytes may influence the disease process. Lesional skin remained highly polyclonal, showing no evidence of large-scale spread of clones...
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