Human RecQ helicases in DNA repair, recombination, and replication

DL Croteau, V Popuri, PL Opresko… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
RecQ helicases are an important family of genome surveillance proteins conserved from
bacteria to humans. Each of the five human RecQ helicases plays critical roles in genome …

Regulation of homologous recombination in eukaryotes

WD Heyer, KT Ehmsen, J Liu - Annual review of genetics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is required for accurate chromosome segregation during
the first meiotic division and constitutes a key repair and tolerance pathway for complex DNA …

Human RECQ1 promotes restart of replication forks reversed by DNA topoisomerase I inhibition

M Berti, A Ray Chaudhuri, S Thangavel… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
Topoisomerase I (TOP1) inhibitors are an important class of anticancer drugs. The
cytotoxicity of TOP1 inhibitors can be modulated by replication fork reversal through a …

DNA helicases involved in DNA repair and their roles in cancer

RM Brosh Jr - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Helicases have major roles in genome maintenance by unwinding structured nucleic acids.
Their prominence is marked by various cancers and genetic disorders that are linked to …

Recognition, signaling, and repair of DNA double-strand breaks produced by ionizing radiation in mammalian cells: the molecular choreography

LH Thompson - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The faithful maintenance of chromosome continuity in human cells during DNA replication
and repair is critical for preventing the conversion of normal diploid cells to an oncogenic …

Germline RECQL mutations are associated with breast cancer susceptibility

C Cybulski, J Carrot-Zhang, W Kluźniak, B Rivera… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Several moderate-and high-risk breast cancer susceptibility genes have been discovered,
but more are likely to exist. To discover new breast cancer susceptibility genes, we used 2 …

Ionizing radiation-induced oxidative stress alters miRNA expression

NL Simone, BP Soule, D Ly, AD Saleh, JE Savage… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, highly conserved, non-coding RNA that alter
protein expression and regulate multiple intracellular processes, including those involved in …

Human RecQ helicases in DNA double-strand break repair

H Lu, AJ Davis - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
RecQ DNA helicases are a conserved protein family found in bacteria, fungus, plants, and
animals. These helicases play important roles in multiple cellular functions, including DNA …

RECON syndrome is a genome instability disorder caused by mutations in the DNA helicase RECQL1

B Abu-Libdeh, SS Jhujh, S Dhar… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Despite being the first homolog of the bacterial RecQ helicase to be identified in humans,
the function of RECQL1 remains poorly characterized. Furthermore, unlike other members of …

Topoisomerase degradation, DSB repair, p53 and IAPs in cancer cell resistance to camptothecin-like topoisomerase I inhibitors

MT Tomicic, B Kaina - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2013 - Elsevier
Topoisomerase I (TOP1) inhibitors applied in cancer therapy such as topotecan and
irinotecan are derivatives of the natural alkaloid camptothecin (CPT). The mechanism of …