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Functional impact of the human mobilome
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Babatz TD
; Burns KH
Curr Opin Genet Dev
2013[Jun]; 23
(3
): 264-70
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The human genome is replete with interspersed repetitive sequences derived from
the propagation of mobile DNA elements. Three families of human retrotransposons
remain active today: LINE1, Alu, and SVA elements. Since 1988, de novo insertions
at previously recognized disease loci have been shown to generate highly
penetrant alleles in Mendelian disorders. Only recently has the extent of
germline-transmitted retrotransposon insertion polymorphism (RIP) in human
populations been fully realized. Also exciting are recent studies of somatic
retrotransposition in human tissues and reports of tumor-specific insertions,
suggesting roles in tissue heterogeneity and tumorigenesis. Here we discuss
mobile elements in human disease with an emphasis on exciting developments from
the last several years.