Addressing the benefits of inhibiting APOBEC3-dependent mutagenesis in cancer

M Petljak, AM Green, J Maciejowski, MD Weitzman - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Mutational signatures associated with apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic
polypeptide-like (APOBEC) 3 cytosine deaminase activity have been found in over half of …

APOBEC: A molecular driver in cervical cancer pathogenesis

S Revathidevi, AK Murugan, H Nakaoka, I Inoue… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is one of the foremost common cancers in women. Human papillomavirus
(HPV) infection remains a major risk factor of cervical cancer. In addition, numerous other …

Pan-cancer characterization of immune-related lncRNAs identifies potential oncogenic biomarkers

Y Li, T Jiang, W Zhou, J Li, X Li, Q Wang, X Jin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as critical regulators of gene expression
and they play fundamental roles in immune regulation. Here we introduce an integrated …

Induction of APOBEC3 exacerbates DNA replication stress and chromosomal instability in early breast and lung cancer evolution

S Venkatesan, M Angelova, C Puttick, H Zhai… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
APOBEC3 enzymes are cytosine deaminases implicated in cancer. Precisely when
APOBEC3 expression is induced during cancer development remains to be defined. Here …

Identification of new driver and passenger mutations within APOBEC-induced hotspot mutations in bladder cancer

MJ Shi, XY Meng, J Fontugne, CL Chen, F Radvanyi… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background APOBEC-driven mutagenesis and functional positive selection of mutated
genes may synergistically drive the higher frequency of some hotspot driver mutations …

Molecular origins of APOBEC-associated mutations in cancer

M Petljak, J Maciejowski - DNA repair, 2020 - Elsevier
The APOBEC family of cytidine deaminases has been proposed to represent a major
enzymatic source of mutations in cancer. Here, we summarize available evidence that links …

The cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G contributes to cancer mutagenesis and clonal evolution in bladder cancer

W Liu, KP Newhall, F Khani, LM Barlow, D Nguyen… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Mutagenic processes leave distinct signatures in cancer genomes. The mutational
signatures attributed to APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases are pervasive in human cancers …

Competition for DNA binding between the genome protector replication protein A and the genome modifying APOBEC3 single-stranded DNA deaminases

L Wong, A Sami, L Chelico - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The human APOBEC family of eleven cytosine deaminases use RNA and single-stranded
DNA (ssDNA) as substrates to deaminate cytosine to uracil. This deamination event has …

Progesterone from ovulatory menstrual cycles is an important cause of breast cancer

HJT Coelingh Bennink, IJ Schultz, M Schmidt… - Breast cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Many factors, including reproductive hormones, have been linked to a woman's risk of
developing breast cancer (BC). We reviewed the literature regarding the relationship …

TargetGeneReg 2.0: a comprehensive web-atlas for p53, p63, and cell cycle-dependent gene regulation

M Fischer, R Schwarz, K Riege, JA DeCaprio… - NAR …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, our web-atlas at www. TargetGeneReg. org has enabled many researchers
to uncover new biological insights and to identify novel regulatory mechanisms that affect …