“…In patients with ESRD, genomic damage has been shown by numerous biomarkers, such as the analysis of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberrations (Cengiz et al, 1988, Lialiaris et al, 2010, MN frequency (Stopper et al, 1999;Sandoval et al, 2010), comet assay in peripheral lymphocytes (Stopper et al, 2001;Kobras et al, 2006;Aykanat et al, 2011), 8-hydroxy 2-deoxyguanosine content in leukocytes (Tarng et al, 2004), and mitochondrial DNA deletions in skeletal muscle tissue and hair follicles (Liu et al, 2001). Our results also confirmed that patients with ESRD exhibit increased levels of genomic damage, as measured by the MN assay.…”