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Shining a Light on Xeroderma Pigmentosum

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DiGiovanna, John J., Kraemer, Kenneth H.·2012·Journal of Investigative Dermatology

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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder of DNA repair characterized by sun sensitivity and UV radiation-induced skin and mucous membrane cancers. Initially described in 1874 by Moriz Kaposi in Vienna, nearly 100 years later, James Cleaver in San Francisco reported defective DNA repair in XP cells. This eventually provided the basis for a mechanistic link between sun exposure, DNA damage, somatic mutations, and skin cancer. XP cells were found to have defects in seven of the proteins of the nucleotide excision repair pathway and in DNA polymerase η. XP cells are hypersensitive to killing by UV radiation, and XP cancers have characteristic "UV signature" mutations. Clinical studies at the National Institutes of Health found a nearly 10,000-fold increase in skin cancer in XP patients under the age of 20 years, demonstrating the substantial importance of DNA repair in cancer prevention in the general population. Approximately 25% of XP patients have progressive neurological degeneration with progressive loss of neurons, probably from DNA damage induced by oxidative metabolism, which kills nondividing cells in the nervous system. Interestingly, patients with another disorder, trichothiodystrophy, have defects in some of the same genes as XP, but they have primary developmental abnormalities without an increase in skin cancer.

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Authors
DiGiovanna, J. J., & Kraemer, K. H.
Affiliations
National Cancer Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Kraemer, Kenneth H.
Venue
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-03
Volume
132
Issue
3
Pages
785-796
ISSN
0022-202X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2082139407
Cited by
547
References
98
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (ZIABC004517)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Genetic and rare skin diseases.
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Keywords
xeroderma pigmentosum, DNA repair, nucleotide excision repair, UV-induced skin cancer, sun sensitivity, neurodegeneration, trichothiodystrophy, cancer prevention
MeSH terms
DNA Repair, Humans, Skin Neoplasms, Sunlight, Xeroderma Pigmentosum

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