The multifaceted role of chromosomal instability in cancer and its microenvironment

SF Bakhoum, LC Cantley - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of human cancer, and it is associated with poor
prognosis, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. CIN results from errors in chromosome …

Determinants and clinical implications of chromosomal instability in cancer

L Sansregret, B Vanhaesebroeck… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Aberrant chromosomal architecture, ranging from small insertions or deletions to large
chromosomal alterations, is one of the most common characteristics of cancer genomes …

Radiotherapy and immunotherapy promote tumoral lipid oxidation and ferroptosis via synergistic repression of SLC7A11

X Lang, MD Green, W Wang, J Yu, JE Choi, L Jiang… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
A challenge in oncology is to rationally and effectively integrate immunotherapy with
traditional modalities, including radiotherapy. Here, we demonstrate that radiotherapy …

Chromosomal instability drives metastasis through a cytosolic DNA response

SF Bakhoum, B Ngo, AM Laughney, JA Cavallo… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer that results from ongoing errors in
chromosome segregation during mitosis. Although chromosomal instability is a major driver …

Extracellular cGAMP is a cancer-cell-produced immunotransmitter involved in radiation-induced anticancer immunity

JA Carozza, V Böhnert, KC Nguyen, G Skariah… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) is an intracellular second messenger that is synthesized in
response to cytosolic double-stranded DNA and activates the innate immune STING …

Radiotherapy is associated with a deletion signature that contributes to poor outcomes in patients with cancer

E Kocakavuk, KJ Anderson, FS Varn, KC Johnson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ionizing radiation causes DNA damage and is a mainstay for cancer treatment, but
understanding of its genomic impact is limited. We analyzed mutational spectra following …

Titanium dioxide food additive (E171) induces ROS formation and genotoxicity: contribution of micro and nano-sized fractions

H Proquin, C Rodríguez-Ibarra, CGJ Moonen… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Since 1969, the European Union approves food-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2), also
known as E171 colouring food additive. E171 is a mixture of micro-sized particles (MPs) and …

Chromosomal instability as a driver of tumor heterogeneity and evolution

SF Bakhoum, DA Landau - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Large-scale, massively parallel sequencing of human cancer samples has revealed
tremendous genetic heterogeneity within individual tumors. Indeed, tumors are composed of …

Radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations and immunotherapy: micronuclei, cytosolic DNA, and interferon-production pathway

M Durante, SC Formenti - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations represent an early marker of late effects,
including cell killing and transformation. The measurement of cytogenetic damage in tissues …

The molecular origins and pathophysiological consequences of micronuclei: New insights into an age-old problem

X Guo, J Ni, Z Liang, J Xue, MF Fenech… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Micronuclei (MN), the small nucleus-like bodies separated from the primary nucleus, can
exist in cells with numerical and/or structural chromosomal aberrations in apparently normal …