[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic alterations in cancer

S Ilango, B Paital, P Jayachandran… - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2020‏ - imrpress.com
Genetic and epigenetic modifications in DNA contribute to altered gene expression in aging
and cancer. In human cancers, epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation, histone …

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 …

A first-in-class polymerase theta inhibitor selectively targets homologous-recombination-deficient tumors

J Zhou, C Gelot, C Pantelidou, A Li, H Yücel, RE Davis… - Nature cancer, 2021‏ - nature.com
DNA polymerase theta (POLθ or POLQ) is synthetic lethal with homologous recombination
(HR) deficiency and is thus a candidate target for HR-deficient cancers. Through high …

Germline and somatic mutations in homologous recombination genes predict platinum response and survival in ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinomas

KP Pennington, T Walsh, MI Harrell, MK Lee… - Clinical Cancer …, 2014‏ - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Hallmarks of germline BRCA1/2-associated ovarian carcinomas include
chemosensitivity and improved survival. The therapeutic impact of somatic BRCA1/2 …

Defects in DNA repair genes predict response to neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

ER Plimack, RL Dunbrack, TA Brennan, MD Andrake… - European urology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background Cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before cystectomy is the
standard of care for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), with 25–50% of patients …

The DNA damage response: implications for tumor responses to radiation and chemotherapy

M Goldstein, MB Kastan - Annual review of medicine, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Cellular responses to DNA damage are important determinants of both cancer development
and cancer outcome following radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Identification of …

DNA interstrand crosslink repair and cancer

AJ Deans, SC West - Nature reviews cancer, 2011‏ - nature.com
Interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are highly toxic DNA lesions that prevent transcription and
replication by inhibiting DNA strand separation. Agents that induce ICLs were one of the …

DNA methylation profiling in the clinic: applications and challenges

H Heyn, M Esteller - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012‏ - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of epigenetic alterations in disease is rapidly increasing owing to the
development of genome-wide techniques for their identification. The ever-growing number …

“Platinum resistant” ovarian cancer: what is it, who to treat and how to measure benefit?

A Davis, AV Tinker, M Friedlander - Gynecologic oncology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract “Platinum resistant” ovarian cancer was historically defined as disease recurrence
within 6 months of completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, although this is …

Genomic instability in human cancer: Molecular insights and opportunities for therapeutic attack and prevention through diet and nutrition

LR Ferguson, H Chen, AR Collins, M Connell… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Genomic instability can initiate cancer, augment progression, and influence the overall
prognosis of the affected patient. Genomic instability arises from many different pathways …