Liquid–liquid phase separation in tumor biology

X Tong, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Y Zhao, X Yu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for explaining the precise spatial
and temporal regulation in living cells. LLPS compartmentalizes proteins and nucleic acids …

Biomolecular condensates and cancer

A Boija, IA Klein, RA Young - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Malignant transformation is characterized by dysregulation of diverse cellular processes that
have been the subject of detailed genetic, biochemical, and structural studies, but only …

[HTML][HTML] Methods favoring homology-directed repair choice in response to CRISPR/Cas9 induced-double strand breaks

H Yang, S Ren, S Yu, H Pan, T Li, S Ge… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Precise gene editing is—or will soon be—in clinical use for several diseases, and more
applications are under development. The programmable nuclease Cas9, directed by a …

Recent strategies to overcome breast cancer resistance

MM Khan, SSK Yalamarty, BA Rajmalani… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is potentially a lethal disease and a leading cause of death in women.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the most frequently used treatment options. Drug …

Homologous recombination deficiency: cancer predispositions and treatment implications

MR Toh, J Ngeow - The oncologist, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Homologous recombination (HR) is a highly accurate DNA repair mechanism. Several HR
genes are established cancer susceptibility genes with clinically actionable pathogenic …

Protein phase separation and its role in tumorigenesis

S Jiang, JB Fagman, C Chen, S Alberti, B Liu - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation, but the precise
pathological mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis often remain to be elucidated. In recent …

Liquid-liquid phase separation in DNA double-strand breaks repair

YL Wang, WW Zhao, J Shi, XB Wan, J Zheng… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the fatal type of DNA damage mostly induced by
exposure genome to ionizing radiation or genotoxic chemicals. DSBs are mainly repaired by …

53BP1: kee** it under control, even at a distance from DNA damage

E Rass, S Willaume, P Bertrand - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are toxic lesions that can be generated by exposure to
genotoxic agents or during physiological processes, such as during V (D) J recombination …

Emerging roles of liquid–liquid phase separation in cancer: from protein aggregation to immune-associated signaling

J Lu, J Qian, Z Xu, S Yin, L Zhou, S Zheng… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Liquid–liquid Phase Separation (LLPS) of proteins and nucleic acids has emerged as a new
paradigm in the study of cellular activities. It drives the formation of liquid-like condensates …

[HTML][HTML] The role of protein arginine methyltransferases in DNA damage response

C Brobbey, L Liu, S Yin, W Gan - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In response to DNA damage, cells have developed a sophisticated signaling pathway,
consisting of DNA damage sensors, transducers, and effectors, to ensure efficient and …