Beyond DNA repair and chromosome instability—Fanconi anaemia as a cellular senescence-associated syndrome

A Helbling-Leclerc, C Garcin, F Rosselli - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Fanconi anaemia (FA) is the most frequent inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, due to
mutations in genes encoding proteins involved in replication fork protection, DNA interstrand …

Mitochondrial control of genomic instability in cancer

M Bonora, S Missiroli, M Perrone, F Fiorica, P Pinton… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer cells display among its hallmark genomic instability. This is a
progressive tendency in accumulate genome alteration which contributes to the damage of …

FANCD2 promotes mitotic rescue from transcription-mediated replication stress in SETX-deficient cancer cells

M Said, V Barra, E Balzano, I Talhaoui… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Replication stress (RS) is a leading cause of genome instability and cancer development. A
substantial source of endogenous RS originates from the encounter between the …

Locus-specific transcription silencing at the FHIT gene suppresses replication stress-induced copy number variant formation and associated replication delay

SH Park, P Bennett-Baker, S Ahmed… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Impaired replication progression leads to de novo copy number variant (CNV) formation at
common fragile sites (CFSs). We previously showed that these hotspots for genome …

Specific irreversible cell-cycle arrest and depletion of cancer cells obtained by combining curcumin and the flavonoids quercetin and fisetin

V Barra, RF Chiavetta, S Titoli, IM Provenzano… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Induced senescence could be exploited to selectively counteract the
proliferation of cancer cells and target them for senolysis. We examined the cellular …

UBL5/Hub1: An atypical ubiquitin-like protein with a typical role as a stress-responsive regulator

S Chanarat - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Members of the ubiquitin-like protein family are known for their ability to modify substrates by
covalent conjugation. The highly conserved ubiquitin relative UBL5/Hub1, however, is …

Altered Mitochondrial Dynamic in Lymphoblasts and Fibroblasts Mutated for FANCA-A Gene: The Central Role of DRP1

N Bertola, S Bruno, C Capanni, M Columbaro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by bone marrow failure and
aplastic anemia. So far, 23 genes are involved in this pathology, and their mutations lead to …

[HTML][HTML] The AICD fragment of APP initiates a FoxO3a mediated response via FANCD2

EK Greenwood, DM Angelova, HMI Büchner… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a cell surface protein of uncertain function that is
notable for being the parent protein of beta-amyloid. Research around this protein has …

Beyond base excision repair: an evolving picture of mitochondrial DNA repair

K Allkanjari, RA Baldock - Bioscience Reports, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Mitochondria are highly specialised organelles required for key cellular processes including
ATP production through cellular respiration and controlling cell death via apoptosis. Unlike …

Moonlighting functions of the ubiquitin-like protein, Hub1/UBL-5

KK Kolathur, S Mallya, S Barve, SL Bojja… - The International Journal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The faithful splicing of pre-mRNA is critical for accurate gene expression. Dysregulation of
pre-mRNA splicing has been associated with several human diseases including cancer. The …