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ReviewGenes2021

Homologous Recombination as a Fundamental Genome Surveillance Mechanism during DNA Replication.

Julian Spies, Hana Polasek-Sedlackova, Jiri Lukas, Kumar Somyajit

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Modulation of TvRAD51 Recombinase inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. SARS-CoV-2 and the DNA damage response.The Journal of general virology · 2023
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  18. Neural Tube Defects and Folate Deficiency: Is DNA Repair Defective?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Poxvirus Recombination.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julian SpiesNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Protein Signaling Program, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hana Polasek-SedlackovaNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Protein Signaling Program, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jiri LukasNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Protein Signaling Program, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kumar SomyajitFunctional Genomics and Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2496-7155
University of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate and complete genome replication is a fundamental cellular process for the proper transfer of genetic material to cell progenies, normal cell growth, and genome stability. However, a plethora of extrinsic and intrinsic factors challenge individual DNA replication forks and cause replication stress (RS), a hallmark of cancer. When challenged by RS, cells deploy an extensive range of mechanisms to safeguard replicating genomes and limit the burden of DNA damage. Prominent among those is homologous recombination (HR). Although fundamental to cell division, evidence suggests that cancer cells exploit and manipulate these RS responses to fuel their evolution and gain resistance to therapeutic interventions. In this review, we focused on recent insights into HR-mediated protection of stress-induced DNA replication intermediates, particularly the repair and protection of daughter strand gaps (DSGs) that arise from discontinuous replication across a damaged DNA template. Besides mechanistic underpinnings of this process, which markedly differ depending on the extent and duration of RS, we highlight the pathophysiological scenarios where DSG repair is naturally silenced. Finally, we discuss how such pathophysiological events fuel rampant mutagenesis, promoting cancer evolution, but also manifest in adaptative responses that can be targeted for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

DNA DamageDNA RepairDNA ReplicationGenomic InstabilityHomologous RecombinationAnimalsHumansadaptative mutagenesisBRCA1/2cancer evolutioncancer microenvironmentcancer therapychromosome stabilitydaughter strand gapsDNA polymerasesDNA replicationhomologous recombinationRAD51replication fork protectionreplication stress

Identifiers

PMID34946909
PMCPMC8701046
OpenAlexW4200253196

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