Regulated cell death (RCD) in cancer: key pathways and targeted therapies

F Peng, M Liao, R Qin, S Zhu, C Peng, L Fu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Regulated cell death (RCD), also well-known as programmed cell death (PCD), refers to the
form of cell death that can be regulated by a variety of biomacromolecules, which is …

Targeting replication stress in cancer therapy

AABA da Costa, D Chowdhury, GI Shapiro… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Replication stress is a major cause of genomic instability and a crucial vulnerability of
cancer cells. This vulnerability can be therapeutically targeted by inhibiting kinases that …

A WEE1 family business: regulation of mitosis, cancer progression, and therapeutic target

A Ghelli Luserna di Rorà, C Cerchione… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
The inhibition of the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway in the treatment of cancer has
recently gained interest, and different DDR inhibitors have been developed. Among them …

DNA damage checkpoint kinases in cancer

HL Smith, H Southgate, DA Tweddle… - Expert reviews in …, 2020 - cambridge.org
DNA damage response (DDR) pathway prevents high level endogenous and environmental
DNA damage being replicated and passed on to the next generation of cells via an …

DNA damage response in cancer therapy and resistance: challenges and opportunities

D Jurkovicova, CM Neophytou, AČ Gašparović… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resistance to chemo-and radiotherapy is a common event among cancer patients and a
reason why new cancer therapies and therapeutic strategies need to be in continuous …

Drugs targeting p53 mutations with FDA approval and in clinical trials

S Nishikawa, T Iwakuma - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 (p53) occur in~ 50% of human
cancers, the majority of which are missense mutations. Mutations in p53 not only impair the …

Defining and modulating 'BRCAness'

AK Byrum, A Vindigni, N Mosammaparast - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
The concept of 'BRCAness' defines the pathogenesis and vulnerability of multiple cancers.
The canonical definition of BRCAness is a defect in homologous recombination repair …

[HTML][HTML] Progress towards a clinically-successful ATR inhibitor for cancer therapy

FM Barnieh, PM Loadman, RA Falconer - Current research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The DNA damage response (DDR) is now known to play an important role in both cancer
development and its treatment. Targeting proteins such as ATR (Ataxia telangiectasia …

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 …

Advances in synthetic lethality for cancer therapy: cellular mechanism and clinical translation

W Topatana, S Juengpanich, S Li, J Cao, J Hu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Synthetic lethality is a lethal phenomenon in which the occurrence of a single genetic event
is tolerable for cell survival, whereas the co-occurrence of multiple genetic events results in …