Base excision repair: mechanisms and impact in biology, disease, and medicine

D Gohil, AH Sarker, R Roy - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Base excision repair (BER) corrects forms of oxidative, deamination, alkylation, and abasic
single-base damage that appear to have minimal effects on the helix. Since its discovery in …

Complex roles of NEIL1 and OGG1: insights gained from murine knockouts and human polymorphic variants

RS Lloyd - DNA, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA glycosylases promote genomic stability by initiating base excision repair (BER) in both
the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Several of these enzymes have overlapping …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced glutathione levels confer resistance to apoptotic and ferroptotic programmed cell death in NEIL DNA glycosylase deficient HAP1 cells

CG Neurauter, M Pannone, MML de Sousa… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The NTHL1 and NEIL1-3 DNA glycosylases are major enzymes in the removal of
oxidative DNA base lesions, via the base excision repair (BER) pathway. It is expected that …

CHD6 has poly (ADP-ribose)-and DNA-binding domains and regulates PARP1/2-trapping inhibitor sensitivity via abasic site repair

L Provencher, W Nartey, PM Brownlee… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
To tolerate oxidative stress, cells enable DNA repair responses often sensitive to poly (ADP-
ribose)(PAR) polymerase 1 and 2 (PARP1/2) inhibition—an intervention effective against …

Deficient DNA base-excision repair in the forebrain leads to a sex-specific anxiety-like phenotype in mice

FS Mueller, R Amport, T Notter, SM Schalbetter, HY Lin… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia (SZ) and autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), are common, multi-factorial and multi-symptomatic disorders. Ample …

Genetic determinants of coping, resilience and self-esteem in schizophrenia suggest a primary role for social factors and hippocampal neurogenesis

F Mazzarotto, P Monteleone, A Minelli, S Mattevi… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder, associated with a reduction in life
expectancy of 15–20 years. Available treatments are at least partially effective in most …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of alkyladenine DNA glycosylase alters gene expression in the developing mouse brain and leads to reduced anxiety and improved memory

DL Bordin, K Grooms, NP Montaldo, SLF Martin… - DNA repair, 2024 - Elsevier
Neurodevelopment is a tightly coordinated process, during which the genome is exposed to
spectra of endogenous agents at different stages of differentiation. Emerging evidence …

Cognitive Function Is Associated with the Genetically Determined Efficiency of DNA Repair Mechanisms

N Cherbuin, H Patel, EI Walsh, A Ambikairajah… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Several modifiable risk factors for neurodegeneration and dementia have been identified,
although individuals vary in their vulnerability despite a similar risk of exposure. This …