Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR–Cas screens

SW Awwad, A Serrano-Benitez, JC Thomas… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
All organisms possess molecular mechanisms that govern DNA repair and associated DNA
damage response (DDR) processes. Owing to their relevance to human disease, most …

Targeting DNA repair pathway in cancer: Mechanisms and clinical application

M Wang, S Chen, D Ao - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the growing understanding on DNA damage response (DDR)
pathways has broadened the therapeutic landscape in oncology. It is becoming increasingly …

Requirement of WDR70 for POLE3-mediated DNA double-strand breaks repair

X Mao, J Wu, Q Zhang, S Zhang, X Chen, X Liu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
H2BK120ub1 triggers several prominent downstream histone modification pathways and
changes in chromatin structure, therefore involving it into multiple critical cellular processes …

DePARylation is critical for S phase progression and cell survival

L Nie, C Wang, M Huang, X Liu, X Feng, M Tang, S Li… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Poly (ADP-ribose) ylation or PARylation by PAR polymerase 1 (PARP1) and dePARylation
by poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) are equally important for the dynamic …

ASF1B promotes oncogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma and other cancer types

W Zhang, Z Gao, M Guan, N Liu, F Meng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anti-silencing function 1B histone chaperone (ASF1B) is known to be an important
modulator of oncogenic processes, yet its role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains to …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR technology: A versatile tool to model, screen, and reverse drug resistance in cancer

S Shirani-Bidabadi, A Tabatabaee, N Tavazohi… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Drug resistance is a serious challenge in cancer treatment that can render
chemotherapy a failure. Understanding the mechanisms behind drug resistance and …

Pharmacological depletion of RNA splicing factor RBM39 by indisulam synergizes with PARP inhibitors in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma

Y Xu, S Spear, Y Ma, MP Lorentzen, M Gruet… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common subtype of ovarian
cancer with limited therapeutic options and a poor prognosis. In recent years, poly-ADP …

Common computational tools for analyzing CRISPR screens

M Colic, T Hart - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2021 - portlandpress.com
CRISPR–Cas technology offers a versatile toolbox for genome editing, with applications in
various cancer-related fields such as functional genomics, immunotherapy, synthetic …

SMG8/SMG9 heterodimer loss modulates SMG1 kinase to drive ATR inhibitor resistance

MJ Llorca-Cardenosa, LI Aronson, DB Krastev… - Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
Gastric cancer represents the third leading cause of global cancer mortality and an area of
unmet clinical need. Drugs that target the DNA damage response, including ATR inhibitors …

The emerging role of ISWI chromatin remodeling complexes in cancer

Y Li, H Gong, P Wang, Y Zhu, H Peng, Y Cui… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Disordered chromatin remodeling regulation has emerged as an essential driving factor for
cancers. Imitation switch (ISWI) family are evolutionarily conserved ATP-dependent …