Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0043346 (xeroderma pigmentosum)
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Nitrofurantoin causes damage to DNA of cultured diploid human fibroblasts. As a consequence DNA synthesis is blocked. The damage is removed by the normal enzymatic DNA repair system. Xeroderma pigmentosum fibroblasts which are defective in the excision endonuclease fail to repair nitrofurantoin-caused lesions.
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PMID:Nitrofurantoin damages DNA of human cells. 64 14