Targeting the DNA damage response in immuno-oncology: developments and opportunities

RM Chabanon, M Rouanne, CJ Lord, JC Soria… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and substantially improved patient
outcome with regard to multiple tumour types. However, most patients still do not benefit …

Targeting DNA repair pathway in cancer: Mechanisms and clinical application

M Wang, S Chen, D Ao - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the growing understanding on DNA damage response (DDR)
pathways has broadened the therapeutic landscape in oncology. It is becoming increasingly …

WEE1 inhibitor: clinical development

A Kong, H Mehanna - Current oncology reports, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of Review WEE1 inhibitor has been shown to potential chemotherapy or
radiotherapy sensitivity in preclinical models, particularly in p53-mutated or deficient cancer …

Targeting the replication stress response through synthetic lethal strategies in cancer medicine

NYL Ngoi, MM Pham, DSP Tan, TA Yap - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
The replication stress response (RSR) involves a downstream kinase cascade comprising
ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM), ATM and rad3-related (ATR), checkpoint kinases 1 and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical development of WEE1 inhibitors in gynecological cancers: A systematic review

T Schutte, A Embaby, N Steeghs… - Cancer treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The anti-tumor activity of WEE1 inhibitors (WEE1i) in gynecological
malignancies has recently been demonstrated in clinical trials and its rationale is based on …

Targeting DNA damage repair for immune checkpoint inhibition: mechanisms and potential clinical applications

W Sun, Q Zhang, R Wang, Y Li, Y Sun, L Yang - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
DNA damage repair (DDR) pathways play an essential role in maintaining genomic integrity.
DDR dysfunction leads to accumulated DNA damage, predisposition to cancer, and high …

Cell cycle dysregulation in cancer

A Glaviano, SK Singh, EHC Lee, E Okina… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is a systemic manifestation of aberrant cell cycle activity and dysregulated cell
growth. Genetic mutations can determine tumor onset by either augmenting cell division …

Immunotherapies targeting stimulatory pathways and beyond

JA Marin-Acevedo, EMO Kimbrough… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Co-stimulatory and co-inhibitory molecules play a critical role in T cell function. Tumor cells
escape immune surveillance by promoting immunosuppression. Immunotherapy targeting …

A phase ib study Assessing the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the first-in-class WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib (AZD1775) as monotherapy in patients with advanced …

TM Bauer, KN Moore, JS Rader, F Simpkins, AC Mita… - Targeted …, 2023 - Springer
Background Adavosertib (AZD1775) is a first-in-class, selective, small-molecule inhibitor of
Wee1. Objective The safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of adavosertib …

Anti-cancer immune responses to DNA damage response inhibitors: Molecular mechanisms and progress toward clinical translation

L Carlsen, WS El-Deiry - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
DNA damage response inhibitors are widely used anti-cancer agents that have potent
activity against tumor cells with deficiencies in various DNA damage response proteins such …