Micronucleus assay: the state of art, and future directions

S Sommer, I Buraczewska, M Kruszewski - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
During almost 40 years of use, the micronucleus assay (MN) has become one of the most
popular methods to assess genotoxicity of different chemical and physical factors, including …

Error‐prone repair of DNA double‐strand breaks

K Rodgers, M McVey - Journal of cellular physiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Preserving the integrity of the DNA double helix is crucial for the maintenance of genomic
stability. Therefore, DNA double‐strand breaks represent a serious threat to cells. In this …

Chromothripsis as an on-target consequence of CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing

ML Leibowitz, S Papathanasiou, PA Doerfler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome editing has therapeutic potential for treating genetic diseases and cancer.
However, the currently most practicable approaches rely on the generation of DNA double …

Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

I Cortés-Ciriano, JJK Lee, R Xi, D Jain, YL Jung… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chromothripsis is a mutational phenomenon characterized by massive, clustered genomic
rearrangements that occurs in cancer and other diseases. Recent studies in selected cancer …

The landscape of chromothripsis across adult cancer types

N Voronina, JKL Wong, D Hübschmann… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chromothripsis is a recently identified mutational phenomenon, by which a presumably
single catastrophic event generates extensive genomic rearrangements of one or a few …

TP53 mutations in breast and ovarian cancer

L Silwal-Pandit, A Langerød… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Breast and ovarian cancers are the second and fifth leading causes of cancer deaths among
women. Both breast and ovarian cancers are highly heterogeneous and are presented with …

Chromosome inequality: causes and consequences of non-random segregation errors in mitosis and meiosis

SJ Klaasen, GJPL Kops - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer and a major cause of miscarriages in humans. It is
caused by chromosome segregation errors during cell divisions. Evidence is mounting that …

Chromothripsis: a new mechanism for rapid karyotype evolution

ML Leibowitz, CZ Zhang, D Pellman - Annual review of genetics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Chromosomal rearrangements are generally thought to accumulate gradually over many
generations. However, DNA sequencing of cancer and congenital disorders uncovered a …

Pediatric T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

K Karrman, B Johansson - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The most common pediatric malignancy is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), of which T‐
cell ALL (T‐ALL) comprises 10–15% of cases. T‐ALL arises in the thymus from an immature …

[HTML][HTML] Neoantigenic potential of complex chromosomal rearrangements in mesothelioma

AS Mansfield, T Peikert, JB Smadbeck… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a disease primarily associated with
exposure to the carcinogen asbestos. Whereas other carcinogen-related tumors are …