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ReviewMolecular cell2026

Epigenetic consequences of DNA damage.

Tanya T Paull, Patricia L Opresko

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Review in Molecular cell, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tanya T PaullDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: tpaull@utexas.edu.
Patricia L OpreskoDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Supplement to Promote DiversityR35ES030396 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Patricia L Opresko · 2019 to 2026
$7.5M
Roles of Telomeric Oxidative DNA Lesions in Telomere Length RegulationR01CA207342 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Sua Myong, Patricia L Opresko · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
Origins of DNA damage driving pathology in human neurodegenerationR01NS126747 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI TANYA T PAULL · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
DNA end processing by the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 complex in human cellsR01GM138548 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI PAULL, TANYA T · 2021 to 2024
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207342NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES030396NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138548NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome regulation is shaped not only by DNA sequence but also by epigenetic mechanisms that influence chromatin structure and gene expression. While epigenetics has classically focused on heritable DNA and histone modifications, growing evidence indicates that certain forms of DNA damage can also generate persistent changes in transcriptional states that are heritable in some scenarios. This review examines how diverse DNA damage-associated processes-including oxidative lesions, R-loops, telomeric damage, DNA double-strand breaks, and poly-ADP-ribosylation-intersect with the epigenome. We highlight the roles of oxidative DNA damage and repair in transcriptional regulation, the contribution of R-loops to gene expression and DNA methylation dynamics, and the impact of telomere-associated damage on chromatin organization and genome maintenance. DNA lesions, and in some cases DNA repair-associated proteins, can thus leave epigenetic "scars" that influence cellular identity, aging, and disease, expanding current views of epigenetic inheritance and genome stability.

Indexed as

DNA DamageEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsChromatinDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA MethylationDNA RepairGenomic InstabilityHumansOxidative StressR-Loop StructuresTelomereTranscription, GeneticChromatin8oxoGDNA damageepigeneticsPARPR-loopstelomeres

Identifiers

PMID41544625
PMCPMC12820771

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