The effectiveness of a positioning doll for radiography training (XPD) and acquiring the techniques of radiography was evaluated through performing radiography practice for the students in our school of radiological technologists and a questionnaire for radiological technologists. We made a ranking test composed of a five-grade evaluation system of the 39 students for the techniques of radiogra...

Helicases utilize nucleotide triphosphate (NTP) hydrolysis to translocate along single-stranded nucleic acids (NA) and unwind the duplex. In cell, helicases function in context of other NA-associated proteins such as DNA binding proteins. Such encounters regulate helicase function, although underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Ferroplasma acidarmanus xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD)...

XRCC1 genetic polymorphisms could be associated with increased risk of various cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fifth most common cancer. We here conducted a study to explore the role of selective SNPs of the XRCC1 and XPD genes in the prognosis of HCC. A total of 231 cases were collected, and genotyping of XRCC1 Arg194Trp, XRCC1 Arg399Gln, XPD Lys751Gln and XPD Asp312Asn w...

We have recently completed screening of the National Cancer Institute human tumor cell line panel and demonstrated that among four nucleotide excision repair proteins (XPA, XPB, XPD, and ERCC1), only the TFIIH subunit XPD endogenous protein levels correlate with alkylating agent drug resistance. In the present study, we extended this work by investigating the biological consequences of XPD over...

Several polymorphisms in DNA repair genes have been reported to be associated with lung cancer risk including XPA (-4G/A), XPD (Lys751Gln and Asp312Asn), XRCC1 (Arg399Gln), APE1 (Asp148Glu) and XRCC3 (Thr241Met). As there is little information on the combined effects of these variants, polymorphisms were analyzed in a case-control study including 463 lung cancer cases [among them 204 adenocarci...

Introduction DNA repair helps to protect the genome from tobacco-induced damage. Reduced DNA repair capacity may predispose individuals to lung cancer (1). Polymorphisms in genes encoding DNA repair proteins may modulate susceptibility to tobacco lung carcinogens. Bulky DNA adducts induced by chemical carcinogens in cigarette smoke are repaired through the nucleotide excision repair pathway tha...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of XPD genotypes as genetic indicator of susceptibility to ovarian cancer. We have used a case-control study. We analysed DNA samples from 141 ovarian cancer patients and 202 control subjects, for three XPD polymorphisms using PCR-RFLP. We observed that Asn312Asn XPD genotype carriers have increased susceptibility of ovarian cancer (OR=2.46 95%...

Xeroderma pigmentosum factor D (XPD) is a 5'-3' superfamily 2 helicase and the founding member of a family of DNA helicases with iron-sulphur cluster domains. As a component of transcription factor II H (TFIIH), XPD is involved in DNA unwinding during nucleotide excision repair (NER). Archaeal XPD is closely related in sequence to the eukaryal enzyme and the crystal structure of the archaeal en...

TO THE EDITOR We examined Rezaei et al's paper (1) and we are interested in the subject. The study was about the functions of repair genes, their mechanisms in cancer development and associated polymorphisms which increase susceptibility to CRC. As we know Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common genetic sequence variation in human genome. SNPs are associated with population d...

We explored the association between 4 XRCC1 (Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln) and XPD (Asp312Asn and Lys751Gln) polymorphisms with the development and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A total of 218 cases with HCC and 277 healthy controls were included in the study. Genotyping of the XRCC1 (Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln) and XPD (Asp312Asn and Lys751Gln) polymorphisms was performed in a 384-well ...