Medical and surgical care of patients with mesothelioma and their relatives carrying germline BAP1 mutations

M Carbone, HI Pass, G Ak, HR Alexander Jr… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most common malignancies that develop in carriers of BAP1 germline mutations include
diffuse malignant mesothelioma, uveal and cutaneous melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, and …

Functions of BLM helicase in cells: is it acting like a double-edged sword?

E Kaur, R Agrawal, S Sengupta - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
DNA damage repair response is an important biological process involved in maintaining the
fidelity of the genome in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Several proteins that play a key role in …

Durvalumab with platinum-pemetrexed for unresectable pleural mesothelioma: survival, genomic and immunologic analyses from the phase 2 PrE0505 trial

PM Forde, V Anagnostou, Z Sun, SE Dahlberg… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Mesothelioma is a rare and fatal cancer with limited therapeutic options until the recent
approval of combination immune checkpoint blockade. Here we report the results of the …

Germline BARD1 variants predispose to mesothelioma by impairing DNA repair and calcium signaling

F Novelli, Y Yoshikawa, VAM Vitto, L Modesti… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
We report that~ 1.8% of all mesothelioma patients and 4.9% of those younger than 55, carry
rare germline variants of the BRCA1 associated RING domain 1 (BARD1) gene that were …

HMGB1 released by mesothelial cells drives the development of asbestos-induced mesothelioma

JS Suarez, F Novelli, K Goto, M Ehara… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Asbestos is the main cause of malignant mesothelioma. Previous studies have linked
asbestos-induced mesothelioma to the release of HMGB1 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm …

Tumor immune microenvironment and genetic alterations in mesothelioma

S Hiltbrunner, L Mannarino, MB Kirschner… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and fatal disease of the pleural lining. Up to
80% of the MPM cases are linked to asbestos exposure. Even though its use has been …

BAP1 is a novel regulator of HIF-1α

A Bononi, Q Wang, AA Zolondick… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
BAP1 is a powerful tumor suppressor gene characterized by haplo insufficiency. Individuals
carrying germline BAP1 mutations often develop mesothelioma, an aggressive malignancy …

[HTML][HTML] Asbestos-induced chronic inflammation in malignant pleural mesothelioma and related therapeutic approaches—a narrative review

AA Zolondick, G Gaudino, J Xue, HI Pass… - Precision cancer …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The aim of this review is addressing the mechanisms of asbestos carcinogenesis,
including chronic inflammation and autophagy-mediated cell survival, and propose potential …

Incidence, mortality and survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma before and after asbestos in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

K Hemminki, A Försti, T Chen, A Hemminki - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but fatal cancer, which is
largely caused by exposure to asbestos. Reliable information about the incidence of MPM …

Global magnitude and temporal trend of mesothelioma burden along with the contribution of occupational asbestos exposure in 204 countries and territories from …

Y Han, T Zhang, H Chen, X Yang - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the burden of mesothelioma with the contribution of occupational asbestos
exposure globally provides essential foundations for cancer control, policy decisions and …