Base editing: precision chemistry on the genome and transcriptome of living cells

HA Rees, DR Liu - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-guided programmable nucleases from CRISPR systems generate precise breaks in
DNA or RNA at specified positions. In cells, this activity can lead to changes in DNA …

Clonal expansion in non-cancer tissues

N Kakiuchi, S Ogawa - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is a clonal disorder derived from a single ancestor cell and its progenies that are
positively selected by acquisition of 'driver mutations'. However, the evolution of positively …

The role of APOBEC3B in lung tumor evolution and targeted cancer therapy resistance

DR Caswell, P Gui, MK Mayekar, EK Law, O Pich… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
In this study, the impact of the apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic subunit-like
(APOBEC) enzyme APOBEC3B (A3B) on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-driven …

Mechanisms of APOBEC3 mutagenesis in human cancer cells

M Petljak, A Dananberg, K Chu, EN Bergstrom… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The APOBEC3 family of cytosine deaminases has been implicated in some of the most
prevalent mutational signatures in cancer,–. However, a causal link between endogenous …

Therapy-induced APOBEC3A drives evolution of persistent cancer cells

H Isozaki, R Sakhtemani, A Abbasi, N Nikpour… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Acquired drug resistance to anticancer targeted therapies remains an unsolved clinical
problem. Although many drivers of acquired drug resistance have been identified,,–, the …

APOBEC3B regulates R-loops and promotes transcription-associated mutagenesis in cancer

JL McCann, A Cristini, EK Law, SY Lee, M Tellier… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
The single-stranded DNA cytosine-to-uracil deaminase APOBEC3B is an antiviral protein
implicated in cancer. However, its substrates in cells are not fully delineated. Here …

Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration

S Priya, MB Burns, T Ward, RAT Mars… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While gut microbiome and host gene regulation independently contribute to gastrointestinal
disorders, it is unclear how the two may interact to influence host pathophysiology. Here we …

Endogenous DNA damage as a source of genomic instability in cancer

A Tubbs, A Nussenzweig - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Genome instability, defined as higher than normal rates of mutation, is a double-edged
sword. As a source of genetic diversity and natural selection, mutations are beneficial for …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of SYNCRIP unleashes APOBEC-driven mutagenesis, tumor heterogeneity, and AR-targeted therapy resistance in prostate cancer

X Li, Y Wang, S Deng, G Zhu, C Wang, NA Johnson… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor mutational burden and heterogeneity has been suggested to fuel resistance to many
targeted therapies. The cytosine deaminase APOBEC proteins have been implicated in the …

A-to-I RNA editing—immune protector and transcriptome diversifier

E Eisenberg, EY Levanon - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Modifications of RNA affect its function and stability. RNA editing is unique among these
modifications because it not only alters the cellular fate of RNA molecules but also alters …