Targeting replication stress in cancer therapy

AABA da Costa, D Chowdhury, GI Shapiro… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Replication stress is a major cause of genomic instability and a crucial vulnerability of
cancer cells. This vulnerability can be therapeutically targeted by inhibiting kinases that …

Combining targeted DNA repair inhibition and immune-oncology approaches for enhanced tumor control

K Concannon, BB Morris, CM Gay, LA Byers - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Targeted therapy and immunotherapy have revolutionized cancer treatment. However, the
ability of cancer to evade the immune system remains a major barrier for effective treatment …

Mechanistic understanding of human SLFN11

FJ Metzner, SJ Wenzl, M Kugler, S Krebs… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) is an interferon-inducible antiviral restriction factor with tRNA
endoribonuclease and DNA binding functions. It is recruited to stalled replication forks in …

Ceralasertib (AZD6738), an oral ATR kinase inhibitor, in combination with carboplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors: a phase I study

TA Yap, MG Krebs, S Postel-Vinay, A El-Khouiery… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: This study reports the safety, tolerability, MTD, recommended phase II dose
(RP2D), pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profile, and preliminary antitumor activity of …

Adavosertib plus gemcitabine for platinum-resistant or platinum-refractory recurrent ovarian cancer: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

S Lheureux, MC Cristea, JP Bruce, S Garg… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Wee1 (WEE1hu) inhibitor adavosertib and gemcitabine have
shown preclinical synergy and promising activity in early phase clinical trials. We aimed to …

Design and preclinical evaluation of a novel B7-H4–directed antibody–drug conjugate, AZD8205, alone and in combination with the PARP1-selective inhibitor …

K Kinneer, P Wortmann, ZA Cooper, NJ Dickinson… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: We evaluated the activity of AZD8205, a B7-H4–directed antibody–drug conjugate
(ADC) bearing a novel topoisomerase I inhibitor (TOP1i) payload, alone and in combination …

Structural and biochemical characterization of human Schlafen 5

FJ Metzner, E Huber, KP Hopfner… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The Schlafen family belongs to the interferon-stimulated genes and its members are
involved in cell cycle regulation, T cell quiescence, inhibition of viral replication, DNA-repair …

Phosphorylation-mediated conformational change regulates human SLFN11

M Kugler, FJ Metzner, G Witte, KP Hopfner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Human Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) is sensitizing cells to DNA damaging agents by
irreversibly blocking stalled replication forks, making it a potential predictive biomarker in …

A wake-up call for cancer DNA damage: the role of Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) across multiple cancers

B Zhang, K Ramkumar, RJ Cardnell, CM Gay… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA-damaging agents exploit increased genomic instability, a hallmark of cancer. Recently,
inhibitors targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) pathways, such as PARP inhibitors …

Tuft cell-like carcinomas: Novel cancer subsets present in multiple organs sharing a unique gene expression signature

Y Yamada, H Bohnenberger, M Kriegsmann… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Tuft cells are chemosensory epithelial cells playing a role in innate immunity.
Recent studies revealed cancers with a tuft cell-like gene expression signature in the thorax …