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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2015

Therapeutic opportunities within the DNA damage response.

Laurence H Pearl, Amanda C Schierz, Simon E Ward, Bissan Al-Lazikani, Frances M G Pearl

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 314 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

314 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Laurence H PearlGenome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK.
Amanda C Schierz1] Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK. [2] Bluefool Innovations, 4 May Close, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 0UG, UK.
Simon E WardTranslational Drug Discovery Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK.
Bissan Al-LazikaniCancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Frances M G Pearl1] Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK. [2] Translational Drug Discovery Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 11566Cancer Research UK 14532Cancer Research UK C302/A14532Cancer Research UK C309/A11566Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DNA damage response (DDR) is essential for maintaining the genomic integrity of the cell, and its disruption is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Classically, defects in the DDR have been exploited therapeutically in the treatment of cancer with radiation therapies or genotoxic chemotherapies. More recently, protein components of the DDR systems have been identified as promising avenues for targeted cancer therapeutics. Here, we present an in-depth analysis of the function, role in cancer and therapeutic potential of 450 expert-curated human DDR genes. We discuss the DDR drugs that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or that are under clinical investigation. We examine large-scale genomic and expression data for 15 cancers to identify deregulated components of the DDR, and we apply systematic computational analysis to identify DDR proteins that are amenable to modulation by small molecules, highlighting potential novel therapeutic targets.

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DNA DamageDNA RepairHumansNeoplasms

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PMID25709118

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