Overcoming cancer therapeutic bottleneck by drug repurposing

Z Zhang, L Zhou, N **e, EC Nice, T Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Ever present hurdles for the discovery of new drugs for cancer therapy have necessitated
the development of the alternative strategy of drug repurposing, the development of old …

Unlocking the secrets: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and their devastating effects on lung cancer

MS Hussain, G Gupta, R Mishra, N Patel… - … -Research and Practice, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Lung cancer (LCs) is still a serious health problem globally, with many incidences attributed
to environmental triggers such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). VOCs are a broad …

Endogenous aldehyde-induced DNA–protein crosslinks are resolved by transcription-coupled repair

Y Oka, Y Nakazawa, M Shimada, T Ogi - Nature Cell Biology, 2024‏ - nature.com
DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs) induced by aldehydes interfere with replication and
transcription. Hereditary deficiencies in DPC repair and aldehyde clearance processes …

Transcription-coupled repair of DNA–protein cross-links depends on CSA and CSB

CJ Carnie, AC Acampora, AS Bader, C Erdenebat… - Nature Cell …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Covalent DNA–protein cross-links (DPCs) are toxic DNA lesions that block replication and
require repair by multiple pathways. Whether transcription blockage contributes to the …

A genetic map of the response to DNA damage in human cells

M Olivieri, T Cho, A Álvarez-Quilón, K Li… - Cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
The response to DNA damage is critical for cellular homeostasis, tumor suppression,
immunity, and gametogenesis. In order to provide an unbiased and global view of the DNA …

Fanconi anemia: current insights regarding epidemiology, cancer, and DNA repair

JD Peake, E Noguchi - Human genetics, 2022‏ - Springer
Fanconi anemia is a genetic disorder that is characterized by bone marrow failure, as well
as a predisposition to malignancies including leukemia and squamous cell carcinoma …

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 …

Aldehyde-driven transcriptional stress triggers an anorexic DNA damage response

L Mulderrig, JI Garaycoechea, ZK Tuong, CL Millington… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Endogenous DNA damage can perturb transcription, triggering a multifaceted cellular
response that repairs the damage, degrades RNA polymerase II and shuts down global …

Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

G Burgos-Barragan, N Wit, J Meiser, FA Dingler… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
The folate-driven one-carbon (1C) cycle is a fundamental metabolic hub in cells that enables
the synthesis of nucleotides and amino acids and epigenetic modifications. This cycle might …

Formaldehyde regulates S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and one-carbon metabolism

VN Pham, KJ Bruemmer, JDW Toh, EJ Ge, L Tenney… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
One-carbon metabolism is an essential branch of cellular metabolism that intersects with
epigenetic regulation. In this work, we show how formaldehyde (FA), a one-carbon unit …