ATM, ATR, and DNA-PK: the trinity at the heart of the DNA damage response

AN Blackford, SP Jackson - Molecular cell, 2017‏ - cell.com
In vertebrate cells, the DNA damage response is controlled by three related kinases: ATM,
ATR, and DNA-PK. It has been 20 years since the cloning of ATR, the last of the three to be …

The DNA damage-induced cell death response: a roadmap to kill cancer cells

S Matt, TG Hofmann - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016‏ - Springer
Upon massive DNA damage cells fail to undergo productive DNA repair and trigger the cell
death response. Resistance to cell death is linked to cellular transformation and …

ATM and related protein kinases: safeguarding genome integrity

Y Shiloh - Nature reviews cancer, 2003‏ - nature.com
Maintenance of genome stability is essential for avoiding the passage to neoplasia. The
DNA-damage response—a cornerstone of genome stability—occurs by a swift transduction …

Multiple BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations confer polyclonal resistance to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib (STI571) in chronic phase and blast crisis chronic …

NP Shah, JM Nicoll, B Nagar, ME Gorre, RL Paquette… - Cancer cell, 2002‏ - cell.com
Through sequencing analysis of blood or bone marrow samples from patients with chronic
myeloid leukemia, we identified BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations in 29 of 32 patients …

p53 and human cancer: the first ten thousand mutations

P Hainaut, M Hollstein - Advances in cancer research, 1999‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The p53 protein is a tight, hydrophobic central globule containing the
DNA binding domain, flanked by accessible N-and C-terminal regions. This protein is …

The pharmacology and clinical pharmacology of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”)

AR Green, AO Mechan, JM Elliott, E O'Shea… - Pharmacological …, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The amphetamine derivative (±)-3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,
ecstasy) is a popular recreational drug among young people, particularly those involved in …

Ataxia-telangiectasia: from a rare disorder to a paradigm for cell signalling and cancer

MF Lavin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2008‏ - nature.com
First described over 80 years ago, ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) was defined as a clinical entity
50 years ago. Although not encountered by most clinicians, it is a paradigm for cancer …

Rescue of Hippo coactivator YAP1 triggers DNA damage–induced apoptosis in hematological cancers

F Cottini, T Hideshima, C Xu, M Sattler, M Dori… - Nature medicine, 2014‏ - nature.com
Oncogene-induced DNA damage elicits genomic instability in epithelial cancer cells, but
apoptosis is blocked through inactivation of the tumor suppressor p53. In hematological …

DNA damage-induced apoptosis

CJ Norbury, B Zhivotovsky - Oncogene, 2004‏ - nature.com
Unicellular organisms respond to the presence of DNA lesions by activating cell cycle
checkpoint and repair mechanisms, while multicellular animals have acquired the further …

Requirement of ATM-dependent phosphorylation of brca1 in the DNA damage response to double-strand breaks

D Cortez, Y Wang, J Qin, SJ Elledge - Science, 1999‏ - science.org
The Brca1 (breast cancer gene 1) tumor suppressor protein is phosphorylated in response
to DNA damage. Results from this study indicate that the checkpoint protein kinase ATM …