Evolutionary dynamics and molecular mechanisms of HORMA domain protein signaling

Y Gu, A Desai, KD Corbett - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Controlled assembly and disassembly of multi-protein complexes is central to cellular
signaling. Proteins of the widespread and functionally diverse HORMA family nucleate …

Cisplatin in the era of PARP inhibitors and immunotherapy

M Duan, S Leng, P Mao - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2024 - Elsevier
Platinum compounds such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin are widely used in
chemotherapy. Cisplatin induces cytotoxic DNA damage that blocks DNA replication and …

A modified fluctuation-test framework characterizes the population dynamics and mutation rate of colorectal cancer persister cells

M Russo, S Pompei, A Sogari, M Corigliano… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Compelling evidence shows that cancer persister cells represent a major limit to the long-
term efficacy of targeted therapies. However, the phenotype and population dynamics of …

Translesion DNA synthesis mediates acquired resistance to olaparib plus temozolomide in small cell lung cancer

M Stanzione, J Zhong, E Wong, TJ LaSalle, JF Wise… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
In small cell lung cancer (SCLC), acquired resistance to DNA-damaging therapy is
challenging to study because rebiopsy is rarely performed. We used patient-derived …

REV7 in cancer biology and management

Y Murakumo, Y Sakurai, T Kato, H Hashimoto… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary REV7 is a multifunctional protein involved in various biological processes
including DNA damage response and mutagenesis, cell cycle regulation, primordial germ …

[HTML][HTML] DNA damage tolerance pathways in human cells: a potential therapeutic target

AAL Ler, MP Carty - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
DNA lesions arising from both exogenous and endogenous sources occur frequently in
DNA. During DNA replication, the presence of unrepaired DNA damage in the template can …

Division of labor within the DNA damage tolerance system reveals non-epistatic and clinically actionable targets for precision cancer medicine

A Spanjaard, R Shah, D de Groot… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Crosslink repair depends on the Fanconi anemia pathway and translesion synthesis
polymerases that replicate over unhooked crosslinks. Translesion synthesis is regulated via …

Rev7 loss alters cisplatin response and increases drug efficacy in chemotherapy-resistant lung cancer

FM Vassel, K Bian, GC Walker… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cisplatin is a standard of care for lung cancer, yet platinum therapy rarely results in
substantial tumor regression or a dramatic extension in patient survival. Here, we examined …

DPPA5A suppresses the mutagenic TLS and MMEJ pathways by modulating the cryptic splicing of Rev1 and Polq in mouse embryonic stem cells

F Jiang, L Wang, Y Dong, W Nie… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic alterations are often acquired during prolonged propagation of pluripotent stem
cells (PSCs). This ruins the stem cell quality and hampers their full applications …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular glues modulate protein functions by inducing protein aggregation: A promising therapeutic strategy of small molecules for disease treatment

H Wu, H Yao, C He, Y Jia, Z Zhu, S Xu, D Li… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular glues can specifically induce aggregation between two or more proteins to
modulate biological functions. In recent years, molecular glues have been widely used as …