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Schematic illustration of various factors that can induce DNA damage. (A) The upper panel demonstrates examples of endogenous and exogenous damaging factors, and (B) the middle panel shows the resultant DNA damage mechanisms caused by these factors. (C) The lower panel provides a list of the triggered DNA repair pathways in response to the DNA damage.
