Targeting DNA damage response pathways in cancer

FJ Groelly, M Fawkes, RA Dagg, AN Blackford… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells have evolved a complex network of biochemical pathways, collectively known as the
DNA damage response (DDR), to prevent detrimental mutations from being passed on to …

Molecular mechanisms of tumor resistance to radiotherapy

Y Wu, Y Song, R Wang, T Wang - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Cancer is the most prevalent cause of death globally, and radiotherapy is
considered the standard of care for most solid tumors, including lung, breast, esophageal …

DNA damage repair: historical perspectives, mechanistic pathways and clinical translation for targeted cancer therapy

R Huang, PK Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Genomic instability is the hallmark of various cancers with the increasing accumulation of
DNA damage. The application of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer treatment is …

Patient-derived xenograft models in cancer therapy: technologies and applications

Y Liu, W Wu, C Cai, H Zhang, H Shen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, in which tumor tissues from patients are implanted
into immunocompromised or humanized mice, have shown superiority in recapitulating the …

Gastric cancer: a comprehensive review of current and future treatment strategies

RE Sexton, MN Al Hallak, M Diab, AS Azmi - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2020 - Springer
Gastric cancer remains a major unmet clinical problem with over 1 million new cases
worldwide. It is the fourth most commonly occurring cancer in men and the seventh most …

Mechanisms of multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy

K Bukowski, M Kciuk, R Kontek - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide. Despite the significant development of
methods of cancer healing during the past decades, chemotherapy still remains the main …

PARP inhibitors: clinical relevance, mechanisms of action and tumor resistance

M Rose, JT Burgess, K O'Byrne, DJ Richard… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) family has many essential functions in cellular
processes, including the regulation of transcription, apoptosis and the DNA damage …

DNA damage response signaling pathways and targets for radiotherapy sensitization in cancer

RX Huang, PK Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Radiotherapy is one of the most common countermeasures for treating a wide range of
tumors. However, the radioresistance of cancer cells is still a major limitation for …

Multidisciplinary standards of care and recent progress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AJ Grossberg, LC Chu, CR Deig… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite tremendous gains in the molecular understanding of exocrine pancreatic cancer,
the prognosis for this disease remains very poor, largely because of delayed disease …

High-efficiency transgene integration by homology-directed repair in human primary cells using DNA-PKcs inhibition

S Selvaraj, WN Feist, S Viel, S Vaidyanathan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Therapeutic applications of nuclease-based genome editing would benefit from improved
methods for transgene integration via homology-directed repair (HDR). To improve HDR …