The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer

N Samson, A Ablasser - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS)–stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway has
emerged as a critical innate immune pathway that, following engagement by DNA, promotes …

The complementarity of DDR, nucleic acids and anti-tumour immunity

AVR Kornepati, CM Rogers, P Sung, TJ Curiel - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) immunotherapy is a first-line treatment for selected
cancers, yet the mechanisms of its efficacy remain incompletely understood. Furthermore …

[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal circular DNA in cancer: history, current knowledge, and methods

JB Noer, OK Hørsdal, X Xiang, Y Luo, B Regenberg - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is a closed-circle, nuclear, nonplasmid DNA
molecule found in all tested eukaryotes. eccDNA plays important roles in cancer …

Retrotransposons hijack alt-EJ for DNA replication and eccDNA biogenesis

F Yang, W Su, OW Chung, L Tracy, L Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Retrotransposons are highly enriched in the animal genome,–. The activation of
retrotransposons can rewrite host DNA information and fundamentally impact host biology …

Parallel sequencing of extrachromosomal circular DNAs and transcriptomes in single cancer cells

R Chamorro González, T Conrad, MC Stöber, R Xu… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) are common in cancer, but many questions about their
origin, structural dynamics and impact on intratumor heterogeneity are still unresolved. Here …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA and structural variants highlight genome instability in Arabidopsis epigenetic mutants

P Zhang, A Mbodj, A Soundiramourtty, C Llauro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abundant extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is associated with transposable
element (TE) activity. However, how the eccDNA compartment is controlled by epigenetic …

Targeted profiling of human extrachromosomal DNA by CRISPR-CATCH

KL Hung, J Luebeck, SR Dehkordi, CI Colón, R Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is a common mode of oncogene amplification but is
challenging to analyze. Here, we adapt CRISPR-CATCH, in vitro CRISPR-Cas9 treatment …

[PDF][PDF] The contribution of DNA repair pathways to genome editing and evolution in filamentous pathogens

J Huang, DE Cook - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA double-strand breaks require repair or risk corrupting the language of life. To ensure
genome integrity and viability, multiple DNA double-strand break repair pathways function in …

Live-cell imaging shows uneven segregation of extrachromosomal DNA elements and transcriptionally active extrachromosomal DNA hubs in cancer

E Yi, AD Gujar, M Guthrie, H Kim, D Zhao, KC Johnson… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Oncogenic extrachromosomal DNA elements (ecDNA) play an important role in tumor
evolution, but our understanding of ecDNA biology is limited. We determined the distribution …

Extrachromosomal DNA amplification contributes to small cell lung cancer heterogeneity and is associated with worse outcomes

LS Pongor, CW Schultz, L Rinaldi, D Wangsa… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine lung cancer. Oncogenic
MYC amplifications drive SCLC heterogeneity, but the genetic mechanisms of MYC …