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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Remodeling of the immune and stromal cell compartment by PD-1 blockade in mismatch repair-deficient colorectal cancer

J Li, C Wu, H Hu, G Qin, X Wu, F Bai, J Zhang, Y Cai… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy can induce complete responses in mismatch
repair-deficient and microsatellite instability-high (d-MMR/MSI-H) colorectal cancers (CRCs) …

Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade with toripalimab, with or without celecoxib, in mismatch repair-deficient or microsatellite instability-high, locally advanced, colorectal …

H Hu, L Kang, J Zhang, Z Wu, H Wang… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background PD-1 blockade is highly effective in patients with mismatch repair-deficient or
microsatellite instability-high metastatic colorectal cancer. The role of single-agent PD-1 …

Growth factors, PI3K/AKT/mTOR and MAPK signaling pathways in colorectal cancer pathogenesis: where are we now?

C Stefani, D Miricescu, II Stanescu-Spinu… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a predominant malignancy worldwide, being the fourth most
common cause of mortality and morbidity. The CRC incidence in adolescents, young adults …

Deficient mismatch repair/microsatellite unstable colorectal cancer: Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment

J Taieb, M Svrcek, R Cohen, D Basile… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microsatellite unstable (MSI) colorectal cancers (CRCs) are due to DNA mismatch repair
(MMR) deficiency and occurs in15% of non-metastatic diseases and 5% in the metastatic …

Biomarker-targeted therapies for advanced-stage gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers: an emerging paradigm

Y Nakamura, A Kawazoe, F Lordick… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
Advances in cancer biology and sequencing technology have enabled the selection of
targeted and more effective treatments for individual patients with various types of solid …

[HTML][HTML] Inactivation of DNA repair triggers neoantigen generation and impairs tumour growth

G Germano, S Lamba, G Rospo, L Barault, A Magrì… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular alterations in genes involved in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) promote cancer
initiation and foster tumour progression. Cancers deficient in MMR frequently show …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of MSI-H/MMR-D colorectal cancer and a perspective on resistance mechanisms

IH Sahin, M Akce, O Alese, W Shaib… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) with a mismatch repair-deficiency (MMR-
D)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) phenotype carries unique characteristics such as …

DNA mismatch repair in cancer

M Baretti, DT Le - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Microsatellite instability (MSI) refers to the hypermutator phenotype secondary to frequent
polymorphism in short repetitive DNA sequences and single nucleotide substitution, as …