Targeting the BRCA1/2 deficient cancer with PARP inhibitors: Clinical outcomes and mechanistic insights

A Ragupathi, M Singh, AM Perez… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
BRCA1 and BRCA2 play a critical role in a variety of molecular processes related to DNA
metabolism, including homologous recombination and mediating the replication stress …

[HTML][HTML] DNA and RNA quadruplex-binding proteins

V Brázda, L Hároníková, JCC Liao, M Fojta - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Four-stranded DNA structures were structurally characterized in vitro by NMR, X-ray and
Circular Dichroism spectroscopy in detail. Among the different types of quadruplexes (i …

BRCA1 binds TERRA RNA and suppresses R-Loop-based telomeric DNA damage

J Vohhodina, LJ Goehring, B Liu, Q Kong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
R-loop structures act as modulators of physiological processes such as transcription
termination, gene regulation, and DNA repair. However, they can cause transcription …

G4-quadruplex-binding proteins: review and insights into selectivity

V Meier-Stephenson - Biophysical reviews, 2022 - Springer
There are over 700,000 putative G4-quadruplexes (G4Qs) in the human genome, found
largely in promoter regions, telomeres, and other regions of high regulation. Growing …

The complex genetic landscape of familial breast cancer

L Melchor, J Benítez - Human genetics, 2013 - Springer
Familial breast cancer represents a minor percentage of all human breast cancers.
Mutations in two high susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 explain around 25% of …

Early and late steps in telomere overhang processing in normal human cells: the position of the final RNA primer drives telomere shortening

TT Chow, Y Zhao, SS Mak, JW Shay… - Genes & …, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Telomere overhangs are essential for telomere end protection and telomerase extension,
but how telomere overhangs are generated is unknown. Leading daughter strands …

Telomerase regulation

C Cifuentes-Rojas, DE Shippen - Mutation research/Fundamental and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The intimate connection between telomerase regulation and human disease is now well
established. The molecular basis for telomerase regulation is highly complex and entails …

R-loops at chromosome ends: from formation, regulation, and cellular consequence

Y Gong, Y Liu - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary R-loops, also referred to as RNA: DNA hybrids, are tripartite structures
formed when a single-stranded RNA molecule forms a complex with a double-stranded DNA …

[HTML][HTML] BRCA mutation carriers show normal ovarian response in in vitro fertilization cycles

M Shapira, H Raanani, B Feldman, N Srebnik… - Fertility and sterility, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the association between carriage of BRCA1/2 mutations and ovarian
performance, as demonstrated by in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Design Retrospective …

Effects of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations on female fertility

KR Smith, HA Hanson… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Women with BRCA1/2 mutations have a significantly higher lifetime risk of developing breast
or ovarian cancer. We suggest that female mutation carriers may have improved fitness …