Mechanisms of drug resistance in ovarian cancer and associated gene targets

KL Alatise, S Gardner, A Alexander-Bryant - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary When tumors become resistant to chemotherapeutics, alternative
treatment strategies must be explored. Gene targeting provides a personalized and …

Rescue from replication stress during mitosis

M Fragkos, V Naim - Cell cycle, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Genomic instability is a hallmark of cancer and a common feature of human disorders,
characterized by growth defects, neurodegeneration, cancer predisposition, and aging …

Chromosome compaction is triggered by an autonomous DNA-binding module within condensin

A Pastic, ML Nosella, A Kochhar, ZH Liu… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The compaction of chromatin into mitotic chromosomes is essential for faithful transmission
of the genome during cell division. In eukaryotes, chromosome morphogenesis is regulated …

ATR restrains DNA synthesis and mitotic catastrophe in response to CDC7 inhibition

MD Rainey, D Bennett, R O'Dea, ME Zanchetta… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
DNA replication initiates from multiple origins, and selective CDC7 kinase inhibitors
(CDC7is) restrain cell proliferation by limiting origin firing. We have performed a CRISPR …

Rif1 prolongs the embryonic S phase at the Drosophila mid-blastula transition

CA Seller, PH O'Farrell - PLoS biology, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In preparation for dramatic morphogenetic events of gastrulation, rapid embryonic cell cycles
slow at the mid-blastula transition (MBT). In Drosophila melanogaster embryos, down …

The Tousled-like kinases regulate genome and epigenome stability: implications in development and disease

S Segura-Bayona, TH Stracker - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Tousled-like kinases (TLKs) are an evolutionarily conserved family of serine–
threonine kinases that have been implicated in DNA replication, DNA repair, transcription …

Linking telomere regulation to stem cell pluripotency

L Liu - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs), somatic cell nuclear transfer ESCs, and induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPSCs) represent the most studied group of PSCs. Unlimited self-renewal without …

Rif1 maintains telomeres and mediates DNA repair by encasing DNA ends

S Mattarocci, JK Reinert, RD Bunker… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
In yeast, Rif1 is part of the telosome, where it inhibits telomerase and checkpoint signaling at
chromosome ends. In mammalian cells, Rif1 is not telomeric, but it suppresses DNA end …

Rif1 S-acylation mediates DNA double-strand break repair at the inner nuclear membrane

GA Fontana, D Hess, JK Reinert, S Mattarocci… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Rif1 is involved in telomere homeostasis, DNA replication timing, and DNA double-strand
break (DSB) repair pathway choice from yeast to human. The molecular mechanisms that …

Insights into the possible molecular mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors

C Piombino, L Cortesi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The increasingly wide use of PARP inhibitors in breast, ovarian,
pancreatic, and prostate cancers harbouring a pathogenic variant in BRCA1 or BRCA2 has …