Mutational signatures: emerging concepts, caveats and clinical applications

G Koh, A Degasperi, X Zou, S Momen… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has brought the cancer genomics community into new territory.
Thanks to the sheer power provided by the thousands of mutations present in each patient's …

The molecular basis and disease relevance of non-homologous DNA end joining

B Zhao, E Rothenberg, DA Ramsden… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Non-homologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the predominant repair mechanism of any type
of DNA double-strand break (DSB) during most of the cell cycle and is essential for the …

Polθ inhibitors elicit BRCA-gene synthetic lethality and target PARP inhibitor resistance

D Zatreanu, HMR Robinson, O Alkhatib… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To identify approaches to target DNA repair vulnerabilities in cancer, we discovered
nanomolar potent, selective, low molecular weight (MW), allosteric inhibitors of the …

Mechanism, cellular functions and cancer roles of polymerase-theta-mediated DNA end joining

DA Ramsden, J Carvajal-Garcia… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular pathways that repair chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) have pivotal roles
in cell growth, development and cancer. These DSB repair pathways have been the target of …

RHINO directs MMEJ to repair DNA breaks in mitosis

A Brambati, O Sacco, S Porcella, J Heyza, M Kareh… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) are the primary
pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) during interphase, whereas …

Nonhomologous DNA end-joining for repair of DNA double-strand breaks

NR Pannunzio, G Watanabe, MR Lieber - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
Nonhomologous DNA end-joining (NHEJ) is the predominant double-strand break (DSB)
repair pathway throughout the cell cycle and accounts for nearly all DSB repair outside of …

Molecular recording of mammalian embryogenesis

MM Chan, ZD Smith, S Grosswendt, H Kretzmer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Ontogeny describes the emergence of complex multicellular organisms from single
totipotent cells. This field is particularly challenging in mammals, owing to the indeterminate …

Main steps in DNA double-strand break repair: an introduction to homologous recombination and related processes

L Ranjha, SM Howard, P Cejka - Chromosoma, 2018 - Springer
DNA double-strand breaks arise accidentally upon exposure of DNA to radiation and
chemicals or result from faulty DNA metabolic processes. DNA breaks can also be …

Mutational signatures are jointly shaped by DNA damage and repair

NV Volkova, B Meier, V González-Huici… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cells possess an armamentarium of DNA repair pathways to counter DNA damage and
prevent mutation. Here we use C. elegans whole genome sequencing to systematically …

CRISPR–Cas9-mediated induction of heritable chromosomal translocations in Arabidopsis

N Beying, C Schmidt, M Pacher, A Houben, H Puchta - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–CRISPR-associated
protein (Cas) technology has been applied in plant breeding mainly on genes for improving …