UVA irradiation promotes ROS-mediated formation of the common deletion in mitochondrial DNA
Gabriele Fontana, Navnit K. Singh, Nadezhda Rotankova, Antonia Eichelberg, Michela Di Filippo, Michael Robert MacArthur, Susanne Heldmaier, Franziska Wandrey, Hans‐Dietmar Beer, Shana J. Sturla, Hailey L. Gahlon
This study shows UVA radiation causes mitochondrial DNA common deletion via ROS, while UVB causes it through a ROS-independent mechanism, identifying mtDNA CD as a biomarker for UVA-induced damage.
Life · Apr 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics