How does DNA break during chromosomal translocations?

M Nambiar, SC Raghavan - Nucleic Acids Research, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chromosomal translocations are one of the most common types of genetic rearrangements
and are molecular signatures for many types of cancers. They are considered as primary …

Quercetin, a natural flavonoid interacts with DNA, arrests cell cycle and causes tumor regression by activating mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis

S Srivastava, RR Somasagara, M Hegde, M Nishana… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Naturally occurring compounds are considered as attractive candidates for cancer treatment
and prevention. Quercetin and ellagic acid are naturally occurring flavonoids abundantly …

[HTML][HTML] An inhibitor of nonhomologous end-joining abrogates double-strand break repair and impedes cancer progression

M Srivastava, M Nambiar, S Sharma, SS Karki… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
DNA Ligase IV is responsible for sealing of double-strand breaks (DSBs) during
nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). Inhibiting Ligase IV could result in amassing of DSBs …

Nonhomologous end joining: new accessory factors fine tune the machinery

D Ghosh, SC Raghavan - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is one of the major DNA double-strand break
(DSB) repair pathways in eukaryotes. The well-known critical proteins involved in NHEJ …

Homology and enzymatic requirements of microhomology-dependent alternative end joining

S Sharma, SM Javadekar, M Pandey… - Cell death & …, 2015 - nature.com
Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is one of the major double-strand break (DSB)
repair pathways in higher eukaryotes. Recently, it has been shown that alternative NHEJ (A …

Obesity increases genomic instability at DNA repeat-mediated endogenous mutation hotspots

P Kompella, G Wang, RE Durrett, Y Lai, C Marin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Obesity is associated with increased cancer risk, yet the underlying mechanisms remain
elusive. Obesity-associated cancers involve disruptions in metabolic and cellular pathways …

RNA-guided gene editing and gene regulation

CA Gersbach, IB Hilton, P Perez-Pinera… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
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Microhomology-mediated end joining is the principal mediator of double-strand break repair during mitochondrial DNA lesions

SK Tadi, R Sebastian, S Dahal, RK Babu… - Molecular biology of …, 2016 - molbiolcell.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions are associated with various mitochondrial disorders.
The deletions identified in humans are flanked by short, directly repeated mitochondrial DNA …

Homologous recombination-mediated repair of DNA double-strand breaks operates in mammalian mitochondria

S Dahal, S Dubey, SC Raghavan - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Mitochondrial DNA is frequently exposed to oxidative damage, as compared to nuclear
DNA. Previously, we have shown that while microhomology-mediated end joining can …

Extracts of strawberry fruits induce intrinsic pathway of apoptosis in breast cancer cells and inhibits tumor progression in mice

RR Somasagara, M Hegde, KK Chiruvella, A Musini… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The consumption of berry fruits, including strawberries, has been suggested to
have beneficial effects against oxidative stress mediated diseases. Berries contain multiple …