From the rarest to the most common: insights from progeroid syndromes into skin cancer and aging.
J Invest Dermatol
; 129(10): 2340-50, 2009 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-19387478
ABSTRACT
Despite their rarity, diseases of premature aging, or "progeroid" syndromes, have provided important insights into basic mechanisms that may underlie cancer and normal aging. In this review, we highlight these recent developments in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), Werner syndrome, Bloom syndrome, Cockayne syndrome, trichothiodystrophy, ataxia-telangiectasia, Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, and xeroderma pigmentosum. Though they are caused by different mutations in various genes and often result in quite disparate phenotypes, deciphering the molecular bases of these conditions has served to highlight their underlying basic similarities. Studies of progeroid syndromes, particularly HGPS, the most dramatic form of premature aging, have contributed to our knowledge of fundamental processes of importance to skin biology, including DNA transcription, replication, and repair, genome instability, cellular senescence, and stem-cell differentiation.
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01-internacional
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Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Senescência Celular
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Senilidade Prematura
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Invest Dermatol
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos