Vessoni, Alexandre TeixeiraGuerra, Camila Chaves CoelhoKajitani, Gustavo SatoruNascimento, Lívia Luz de SouzaGarcia, Camila Carrião Machado2021-10-182021-10-182020VESSONI, A. T. et al. Cockayne Syndrome: the many challenges and approaches to understand a multifaceted disease. Genetics and Molecular Biology, v. 43, 2020. Disponível em: <https://www.scielo.br/j/gmb/a/SCYMQpwmm57pXB5hpQ9XHhs/?lang=en>. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2021.1678-4685http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/13876The striking and complex phenotype of Cockayne syndrome (CS) patients combines progeria-like features with developmental deficits. Since the establishment of the in vitro culture of skin fibroblasts derived from patients with CS in the 1970s, significant progress has been made in the understanding of the genetic alterations associated with the disease and their impact on molecular, cellular, and organismal functions. In this review, we provide a historic perspective on the research into CS by revisiting seminal papers in this field. We highlighted the great contributions of several researchers in the last decades, ranging from the cloning and characterization of CS genes to the molecular dissection of their roles in DNA repair, transcription, redox processes and metabolism control. We also provide a detailed description of all pathological mutations in genes ERCC6 and ERCC8 reported to date and their impact on CS-related proteins. Finally, we review the contributions (and limitations) of many genetic animal models to the study of CS and how cutting-edge technologies, such as cell reprogramming and state-of-the-art genome editing, are helping us to address unanswered questions.en-USabertoTranscription-coupled nucleotide excision repairNeurodegenerationProgeroid syndromeDNA repairArtigo publicado em periodicoThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (type CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original article is properly cited. Fonte: o PDF do artigo.https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2019-0085