Open AccessBiomarkers of DNA damage in patients with end‐stage renal disease: mitochondrial DNA mutation in hair follicles
Author(s) -
ChinSan Liu,
LieYon Ko,
PaikSeong Lim,
ShuHuei Kao,
Yau–Huei Wei
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/16.3.561
Subject(s) - mitochondrial dna , medicine , end stage renal disease , dna damage , biomarker , mutation , carcinogenesis , disease , dna , pathology , cancer research , genetics , cancer , biology , gene
DNA damage was noted in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been proposed as a genomic biomarker in the process of human ageing, degenerative diseases and carcinogenesis.
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