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ReviewPharmacological research2022

Cell cycle checkpoints and beyond: Exploiting the ATR/CHK1/WEE1 pathway for the treatment of PARP inhibitor-resistant cancer.

Nitasha Gupta, Tzu-Ting Huang, Sachi Horibata, Jung-Min Lee

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Review in Pharmacological research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Pancreatic cancer in 2025: Have we found a solution?World journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Nitasha GuptaWomen's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Tzu-Ting HuangWomen's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Sachi HoribataPrecision Health Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Jung-Min LeeWomen's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: leej6@mail.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Targeting DNA damage repair and related pathways in HRD-womens cancersZIABC011525 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEE, JUNG-MIN · 2013 to 2025
$14.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (PARPis) have become a mainstay of therapy in ovarian cancer and other malignancies, including BRCA-mutant breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. However, a growing number of patients develop resistance to PARPis, highlighting the need to further understand the mechanisms of PARPi resistance and develop effective treatment strategies. Targeting cell cycle checkpoint protein kinases, e.g., ATR, CHK1, and WEE1, which are upregulated in response to replication stress, represents one such therapeutic approach for PARPi-resistant cancers. Mechanistically, activated cell cycle checkpoints promote cell cycle arrest, replication fork stabilization, and DNA repair, demonstrating the interplay of DNA repair proteins with replication stress in the development of PARPi resistance. Inhibitors of these cell cycle checkpoints are under investigation in PARPi-resistant ovarian and other cancers. In this review, we discuss the cell cycle checkpoints and their roles beyond mere cell cycle regulation as part of the arsenal to overcome PARPi-resistant cancers. We also address the current status and recent advancements as well as limitations of cell cycle checkpoint inhibitors in clinical trials.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1Ovarian NeoplasmsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesAnimalsCell Cycle CheckpointsFemaleHumansPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATR protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesWEE1 protein, humanATR/CHK1/WEE1 pathwayCell cycle checkpointDNA damage responseOvarian cancerPARP inhibitor resistanceReplication stress

Identifiers

PMID35259479
PMCPMC9026671
OpenAlexW4220888248

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