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ReviewThe FEBS journal2025

Transcription-coupled repair: tangled up in convoluted repair.

Diana A Llerena Schiffmacher, Yun Jin Pai, Alex Pines, Wim Vermeulen

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Mechanisms of DNA repair and mutagenesis induced by acetaldehyde, acrolein, aristolochic acids, and vinyl chloride.Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Toxicology and carcinogenesis · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Diana A Llerena SchiffmacherDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5938-9311
Yun Jin PaiMaster Scientific Illustrations, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-8667
Alex PinesDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7990-910X
Wim VermeulenDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-734X

Funding

KWF Kankerbestrijding KWF 14804Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 714.017.003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in understanding the mechanism of transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER); however, numerous aspects remain elusive, including TC-NER regulation, lesion-specific and cell type-specific complex composition, structural insights, and lesion removal dynamics in living cells. This review summarizes and discusses recent advancements in TC-NER, focusing on newly identified interactors, mechanistic insights from cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) studies and live cell imaging, and the contribution of post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as ubiquitin, in regulating TC-NER. Furthermore, we elaborate on the consequences of TC-NER deficiencies and address the role of accumulated damage and persistent lesion-stalled RNA polymerase II (Pol II) as major drivers of the disease phenotype of Cockayne syndrome (CS) and its related disorders. In this context, we also discuss the severe effects of transcription-blocking lesions (TBLs) on neurons, highlighting their susceptibility to damage. Lastly, we explore the potential of investigating three-dimensional (3D) chromatin structure and phase separation to uncover further insights into this essential DNA repair pathway.

Indexed as

Cockayne SyndromeDNA RepairTranscription, GeneticAnimalsChromatinCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA DamageExcision RepairHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRNA Polymerase IIChromatinRNA Polymerase IIneurodegenerationTC‐NER hereditary disorderstranscription‐blocking lesionstranscription‐coupled nucleotide excision repairtranscription stress

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PMID40272095
PMCPMC12525032

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