ReviewFrontiers in genetics2014
Comet assay to measure DNA repair: approach and applications.
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- Functional DNA Repair Profiling in Translational Medicine: Benchmarking Comet, γH2AX, and NGS Assays Against Clinical Constraints.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Review
- Agent-specific DNA repair kinetic in 3T3 cells: a comparative study using the in vitro comet assay.Toxicology research · 2025Article
- Defining the parameters of comet assay for reliably detecting DNA damage as a marker of X-ray based irradiation in insects treated with non-lethal doses for export fruit sanitation.Pest management science · 2025Article
- RAD18 methylation by the methyltransferase SETD6 attenuates DNA breaks.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Toxicity assessment and DNA repair kinetics in HEK293 cells exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of Glyphosate (Roundup® Control Max).Toxicology research · 2023Article
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- Effect of Selected Micro- and Macroelements and Vitamins on the Genome Stability of Bovine Embryo Transfer Recipients following In Vitro Fertilization.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Standards for Quantitative Measurement of DNA Damage in Mammalian Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- A high-throughput 384-well CometChip platform reveals a role for 3-methyladenine in the cellular response to etoposide-induced DNA damage.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2022Article
- Advanced Respiratory Models for Hazard Assessment of Nanomaterials-Performance of Mono-, Co- and Tricultures.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Analysis of mutations in DNA damage repair pathway gene in Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Association of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with inflammation, oxidative DNA damage and renal-pulmonary dysfunctions in barbecue makers in Southern Nigeria.Reports of biochemistry & molecular biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cellular repair enzymes remove virtually all DNA damage before it is fixed; repair therefore plays a crucial role in preventing cancer. Repair studied at the level of transcription correlates poorly with enzyme activity, and so assays of phenotype are needed. In a biochemical approach, substrate nucleoids containing specific DNA lesions are incubated with cell extract; repair enzymes in the extract induce breaks at damage sites; and the breaks are measured with the comet assay. The nature of the substrate lesions defines the repair pathway to be studied. This in vitro DNA repair assay has been modified for use in animal tissues, specifically to study the effects of aging and nutritional intervention on repair. Recently, the assay was applied to different strains of Drosophila melanogaster proficient and deficient in DNA repair. Most applications of the repair assay have been in human biomonitoring. Individual DNA repair activity may be a marker of cancer susceptibility; alternatively, high repair activity may result from induction of repair enzymes by exposure to DNA-damaging agents. Studies to date have examined effects of environment, nutrition, lifestyle, and occupation, in addition to clinical investigations.
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