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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Understanding Xeroderma Pigmentosum Complementation Groups Using Gene Expression Profiling after UV-Light Exposure.

Nikola A Bowden, Natalie J Beveridge, Katie A Ashton, Katherine J Baines, Rodney J Scott

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nikola A BowdenHunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2289, Australia. nikola.bowden@newcastle.edu.au.
Natalie J BeveridgeHunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2289, Australia. natalie.beveridge@newcastle.edu.au.
Katie A AshtonHunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2289, Australia. katie.ashton@newcastle.edu.au.
Katherine J BainesHunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2289, Australia. katherine.baines@newcastle.edu.au.
Rodney J ScottHunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2289, Australia. rodney.scott@newcastle.edu.au.
Hunter Medical Research Institute · AUHunter Water · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with the recessive genetic disorder Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) have extreme sensitivity to UV-light, a 10,000-fold increase in skin cancers from age 2 and rarely live beyond 30 years. There are seven genetic subgroups of XP, which are all resultant of pathogenic mutations in genes in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway and a XP variant resultant of a mutation in translesion synthesis, POLH. The clinical symptoms and severity of the disease is varied across the subgroups, which does not correlate with the functional position of the affected protein in the NER pathway. The aim of this study was to further understand the biology of XP subgroups, particularly those that manifest with neurological symptoms. Whole genome gene expression profiling of fibroblasts from each XP complementation group was assessed before and after UV-light exposure. The biological pathways with altered gene expression after UV-light exposure were distinct for each subtype and contained oncogenic related functions such as perturbation of cell cycle, apoptosis, proliferation and differentiation. Patients from the subgroups XP-B and XP-F were the only subgroups to have transcripts associated with neuronal activity altered after UV-light exposure. This study will assist in furthering our understanding of the different subtypes of XP which will lead to better diagnosis, treatment and management of the disease.

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Ultraviolet RaysAdolescentAdultApoptosisCell Cycle CheckpointsCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationChildChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisDNA RepairFemaleFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingHumansgene expression profilenucleotide excision repairtranscriptomeUVxeroderma pigmentosum

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PMID26184184
PMCPMC4519934
OpenAlexW1589310194

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