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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

Nonrepair functions of DNA mismatch repair proteins: new avenues for precision oncology.

Jerry Tyler DeWitt, Megha Raghunathan, Svasti Haricharan

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jerry Tyler DeWittDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA; Cancer Biology and Signaling Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
Megha RaghunathanSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Svasti HaricharanDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA; Cancer Biology and Signaling Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: sharicharan@sdsu.edu.

Funding

Regulation of the tumor microenvironment by DNA damage repair proteinsR37CA270362 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Svasti Haricharan · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
Cancer Targets and Drug DiscoveryT32CA211036 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI COSFORD, NICHOLAS DAVID · 2018 to 2022
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA270362NCI NIH HHS T32 CA211036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA damage repair (DDR) proteins are well recognized as guardians of the genome that are frequently lost during malignant transformation of normal cells across cancer types. To date, their tumor suppressor functions have been generally regarded as a consequence of their roles in maintaining genomic stability: more genomic instability increases the risk of oncogenic transformation events. However, recent discoveries centering around DNA mismatch repair (MMR) proteins suggest a broader impact of the loss of DDR proteins on cellular processes beyond genomic instability. Here, we explore the clinical implications of nonrepair roles for DDR proteins, using the growing evidence supporting roles for DNA MMR proteins in cell cycle and apoptosis regulation, metabolic function, the cellular secretome, and immunomodulation.

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DNA Mismatch RepairNeoplasmsPrecision MedicineAnimalsApoptosisCell Transformation, NeoplasticGenomic InstabilityHumanscell cycleimmune microenvironmentmetabolismmismatch repairprecision oncologysecretome

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PMID39490324
PMCPMC12077842

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