Fanconi anaemia and cancer: an intricate relationship

G Nalepa, DW Clapp - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a genetic disorder that is characterized by bone marrow failure
(BMF), developmental abnormalities and predisposition to cancer. Together with other …

SUMO conjugation–a mechanistic view

A Pichler, C Fatouros, H Lee, N Eisenhardt - Biomolecular concepts, 2017 - degruyter.com
The regulation of protein fate by modification with the small ubiquitin-related modifier
(SUMO) plays an essential and crucial role in most cellular pathways. Sumoylation is highly …

RNA transcripts stimulate homologous recombination by forming DR-loops

J Ouyang, T Yadav, JM Zhang, H Yang, E Rheinbay… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Homologous recombination (HR) repairs DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in the S and G2
phases of the cell cycle,–. Several HR proteins are preferentially recruited to DSBs at …

Spatiotemporal regulation of posttranslational modifications in the DNA damage response

NP Dantuma, H van Attikum - The EMBO journal, 2016 - embopress.org
A timely and accurate cellular response to DNA damage requires tight regulation of the
action of DNA damage response (DDR) proteins at lesions. A multitude of posttranslational …

Control of structure-specific endonucleases to maintain genome stability

PM Dehé, PHL Gaillard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Structure-specific endonucleases (SSEs) have key roles in DNA replication,
recombination and repair, and emerging roles in transcription. These enzymes have …

Fanconi anemia: a model disease for studies on human genetics and advanced therapeutics

M Bogliolo, J Surralles - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2015 - Elsevier
Fanconi anemia (FA) is characterized by bone marrow failure, malformations, and
chromosome fragility. We review the recent discovery of FA genes and efforts to develop …

ATR inhibition induces synthetic lethality in mismatch repair-deficient cells and augments immunotherapy

M Wang, X Ran, W Leung, A Kawale… - Genes & …, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency of cancer cells drives mutagenesis and offers a
useful biomarker for immunotherapy. However, many MMR-deficient (MMR-d) tumors do not …

[HTML][HTML] TRF2-RAP1 is required to protect telomeres from engaging in homologous recombination-mediated deletions and fusions

R Rai, Y Chen, M Lei, S Chang - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Repressor/activator protein 1 (RAP1) is a highly conserved telomere-interacting
protein. Yeast Rap1 protects telomeres from non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), plays …

SUMO-mediated regulation of DNA damage repair and responses

P Sarangi, X Zhao - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Sumoylation has important roles during DNA damage repair and responses. Recent broad-
scope and substrate-based studies have shed light on the regulation and significance of …

The functional roles of PML nuclear bodies in genome maintenance

HR Chang, A Munkhjargal, MJ Kim, SY Park… - Mutation Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the nucleus, there are several membraneless structures called nuclear bodies. Among
them, promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies (PML-NBs) are involved in multiple genome …