Therapy resistance: opportunities created by adaptive responses to targeted therapies in cancer

M Labrie, JS Brugge, GB Mills… - Nature reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Normal cells explore multiple states to survive stresses encountered during development
and self-renewal as well as environmental stresses such as starvation, DNA damage, toxins …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of the concept of stress and the framework of the stress system

S Lu, F Wei, G Li - Cell stress, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Stress is a central concept in biology and has now been widely used in psychological,
physiological, social, and even environmental fields. However, the concept of stress was …

POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells

O Belan, M Sebald, M Adamowicz, R Anand… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
POLQ is a key effector of DSB repair by microhomology-mediated end-joining (MMEJ) and is
overexpressed in many cancers. POLQ inhibitors confer synthetic lethality in HR and …

Stress, epigenetics, and aging: unraveling the intricate crosstalk

Z Wu, J Qu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Aging, as a complex process involving multiple cellular and molecular pathways, is known to
be exacerbated by various stresses. Because responses to these stresses, such as oxidative …

Dynamic de novo heterochromatin assembly and disassembly at replication forks ensures fork stability

V Gaggioli, CSY Lo, N Reverón-Gómez… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Chromatin is dynamically reorganized when DNA replication forks are challenged. However,
the process of epigenetic reorganization and its implication for fork stability is poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Histone ubiquitination: an integrative signaling platform in genome stability

F Mattiroli, L Penengo - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Complex mechanisms are in place to maintain genome stability. Ubiquitination of chromatin
plays a central role in these mechanisms. The ever-growing complexity of the ubiquitin (Ub) …

RAD51 bypasses the CMG helicase to promote replication fork reversal

W Liu, Y Saito, J Jackson, R Bhowmick, MT Kanemaki… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Replication fork reversal safeguards genome integrity as a replication stress response. DNA
translocases and the RAD51 recombinase catalyze reversal. However, it remains unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of BRCA1–BARD1 function in DNA end resection and DNA protection

I Ceppi, MR Dello Stritto, M Mütze, S Braunshier… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair by homologous recombination is initiated by DNA
end resection, a process involving the controlled degradation of the 5′-terminated strands …

Stalled replication fork protection limits cGAS–STING and P-body-dependent innate immune signalling

A Emam, X Wu, S Xu, L Wang, S Liu, B Wang - Nature cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Protection of stalled replication forks is crucial for cells to respond to replication stress and
maintain genome stability. Genome instability and replication stress have been linked to …

Hallmarks of DNA replication stress

S Saxena, L Zou - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Faithful DNA replication is critical for the maintenance of genomic integrity. Although DNA
replication machinery is highly accurate, the process of DNA replication is constantly …