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Pathogenic variants in human DNA damage repair genes mostly arose in recent human history.
BMC cancer - 4 Apr 2024
Zhao Bojin, Li Jiaheng, Sinha Siddharth, Qin Zixin, Kou Si Hoi, Xiao Fengxia, Lei Huijun, Chen Tianhui, Cao Wenming, Ding Xiaofan, Wang San Ming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome stability is maintained by the DNA damage repair (DDR) system composed of multiple DNA repair pathways of hundreds of genes. Germline pathogenic variation (PV) in DDR genes damages function of the affected DDR genes, leading to genome instability and high risk of diseases, in particular, cancer. Knowing evolutionary origin of the PVs in human DDR genes is essential to understand the etiology of...
Topics
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- DNA Repair
- Genes, BRCA2
- Neoplasms
- Genomic Instability
- DNA Damage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
