Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers
Iti Gupta, Shambhavi Shankrit, Kiran Narta, Madeeha Ghazi, Ritika Grover, Rajesh Pandey, Hemanta Kumar Kar, Shruti M. Menon, Aayush Gupta, Vamsi Krishna Yenamandra, Archana Kumari Singh, Mitali Mukerji, Arijit Mukhopadhyay, Rajni Rani, Rajesh S. Gokhale, , Vivek T. Natarajan
The paper uses whole exome sequencing to show lower somatic mutation burden in vitiligo lesions, linked to reduced non-melanoma skin cancer risk through enhanced DNA repair.
Journal of Investigative Dermatology · Dec 16, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics