Targeting DNA damage response pathways in cancer

FJ Groelly, M Fawkes, RA Dagg, AN Blackford… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells have evolved a complex network of biochemical pathways, collectively known as the
DNA damage response (DDR), to prevent detrimental mutations from being passed on to …

Mutational signatures: emerging concepts, caveats and clinical applications

G Koh, A Degasperi, X Zou, S Momen… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has brought the cancer genomics community into new territory.
Thanks to the sheer power provided by the thousands of mutations present in each patient's …

Mechanism, cellular functions and cancer roles of polymerase-theta-mediated DNA end joining

DA Ramsden, J Carvajal-Garcia… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular pathways that repair chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) have pivotal roles
in cell growth, development and cancer. These DSB repair pathways have been the target of …

DNA double-strand break repair-pathway choice in somatic mammalian cells

R Scully, A Panday, R Elango, NA Willis - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The major pathways of DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair are crucial for maintaining
genomic stability. However, if deployed in an inappropriate cellular context, these same …

[HTML][HTML] Polθ is phosphorylated by PLK1 to repair double-strand breaks in mitosis

C Gelot, MT Kovacs, S Miron, E Mylne, A Haan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious lesions that challenge genome integrity.
To mitigate this threat, human cells rely on the activity of multiple DNA repair machineries …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor cell-intrinsic factors underlie heterogeneity of immune cell infiltration and response to immunotherapy

J Li, KT Byrne, F Yan, T Yamazoe, Z Chen, T Baslan… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
The biological and functional heterogeneity between tumors—both across and within cancer
types—poses a challenge for immunotherapy. To understand the factors underlying tumor …

Non-homologous DNA end joining and alternative pathways to double-strand break repair

HHY Chang, NR Pannunzio, N Adachi… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most dangerous type of DNA damage because
they can result in the loss of large chromosomal regions. In all mammalian cells, DSBs that …

Manipulating mitochondrial electron flow enhances tumor immunogenicity

KC Mangalhara, SK Varanasi, MA Johnson, MJ Burns… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Although tumor growth requires the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC), the relative
contribution of complex I (CI) and complex II (CII), the gatekeepers for initiating electron flow …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the genetic landscape of DNA double-strand break repair

JA Hussmann, J Ling, P Ravisankar, J Yan… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cells repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) through a complex set of pathways critical for
maintaining genomic integrity. To systematically map these pathways, we developed a high …

Mechanisms underlying structural variant formation in genomic disorders

CMB Carvalho, JR Lupski - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
With the recent burst of technological developments in genomics, and the clinical
implementation of genome-wide assays, our understanding of the molecular basis of …