Prevalence and mechanisms of somatic deletions in single human neurons during normal aging and in DNA repair disorders

Autor: Junho Kim, August Yue Huang, Shelby L. Johnson, Jenny Lai, Laura Isacco, Ailsa M. Jeffries, Michael B. Miller, Michael A. Lodato, Christopher A. Walsh, Eunjung Alice Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33642-w
Popis: DNA damage has been implicated in aging and neurodegeneration. Here, the authors develop a bioinformatic method to detect deletions in single neuron genome sequences and reveal an increased burden of somatic deletions during aging and in DNA repair disorders.
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