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However, it is largely unknown how somatic mutation rates and patterns vary among the brain\u2019s diverse types of neurons. Characterizing this variability is critical for elucidating the role of genome integrity in human brain function and disease. Moreover, the significant physiological differences among the brain\u2019s cell types provides an opportunity to learn more general underlying factors that determine mutation rates and patterns. Here, we utilized high-fidelity duplex DNA sequencing to profile somatic mutation processes across the lifespan in the two major cell types of the human cerebellum, Purkinje neurons and granule neurons, which have dramatically different sizes, functions, and physiologies. Surprisingly, these cell types exhibited similar rates of substitution mutations, including similar rates of signature SBS5 that is responsible for most mutations in the body yet whose mechanism remains unknown. 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Our results further suggest that key features that distinguish Purkinje neurons from granule neurons, such as cell size, metabolic rates, and neuronal firing rates, are unlikely to be intrinsic determinants of the total substitution mutation rate and of signature SBS5, which is the most prevalent aging-related mutational process.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1101\/2025.09.29.679392","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,30]],"date-time":"2025-09-30T08:30:37Z","timestamp":1759221037000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Divergent somatic mutation patterns among human cerebellar neuron types"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"given":"Marta","family":"Gro\u0144ska-P\u0119ski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amoolya","family":"Srinivasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gilad D.","family":"Evrony","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2025100301201171000_2025.09.29.679392v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1018119","DOI":"10.3389\/fragi.2022.1018119","article-title":"Age-related somatic mutation burden in human tissues","volume":"3","year":"2022","journal-title":"Front Aging"},{"key":"2025100301201171000_2025.09.29.679392v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41586-021-03477-4"},{"key":"2025100301201171000_2025.09.29.679392v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nature19768"},{"key":"2025100301201171000_2025.09.29.679392v1.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ganz, J. et al. 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