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Early Detection of the Pathogenetic Variants of Homologous Recombination Repair Genes in Prostate Cancer: Critical Analysis and Experimental Design.

Irene Bottillo, Alessandro Sciarra, Giulio Bevilacqua, Alessandro Gentilucci, Beatrice Sciarra, Valerio Santarelli, Stefano Salciccia, Francesca Bacigalupo, Francesco Pastacaldi, Maria Pia Ciccone and 6 more

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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16 authors.

Irene BottilloDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-7981
Alessandro SciarraDepartment "Materno Infantile e Scienze Urologiche", University Sapienza, Viale Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7899-8056
Giulio BevilacquaDepartment "Materno Infantile e Scienze Urologiche", University Sapienza, Viale Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro GentilucciDepartment "Materno Infantile e Scienze Urologiche", University Sapienza, Viale Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Beatrice SciarraDepartment of Pharmaceutic Chemistry, University Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-0502-7613
Valerio SantarelliDepartment "Materno Infantile e Scienze Urologiche", University Sapienza, Viale Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Stefano SalcicciaDepartment "Materno Infantile e Scienze Urologiche", University Sapienza, Viale Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4873-3257
Francesca BacigalupoDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Francesco PastacaldiDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Maria Pia CicconeDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Laura De MarchisDepartment Oncology, University Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2195-7955
Daniele SantiniDepartment Oncology, University Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Fabio Massimo MaglioccaDepartment of Pathology, University Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Elisabetta MerendaDepartment of Pathology, University Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7231-2295
Flavio ForteUrology Unit, Vannini Hospital, 00190 Rome, Italy.
Paola GrammaticoDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6864-2574

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been shown that the pathogenic variants (PVs) of the DNA Damage Response (DDR) genes, whether of a germinal or somatic nature, represent a predictive biomarker of high sensitivity to treatment with inhibitors of the enzyme poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) in patients with hormone-resistant metastatic prostate cancer (HRPCa). Moreover, the detection of PVs of the Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) genes in PCa patients can help to define the patient's prognosis and the choice of the therapeutic procedure. Among men with metastatic PCa, the frequency of PVs in HRR genes ranges from 11% to 33%, which is a significantly higher rate compared to non-metastatic PCa, where the incidence is between 5% and 10%. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) results were more commonly obtained from newly acquired somatic samples compared to archived samples (prostate biopsy or prostatectomy). We developed an experimental multidisciplinary prospective study in patients with a new diagnosis of high-risk PCa at biopsy. The aim was to evaluate the presence of PVs of different HRR genes in patients with the first diagnosis of PCa in relation to a metastatic or non-metastatic stage, tumor aggressiveness, and early risk of progression. Among 43 initial tumor samples from 22 patients, 25 samples from 12 patients were selected for library preparation based on their DNA concentration and quality. After the NGS, 14 different DNA variants were prioritized. Oncogenetic and likely oncogenetic variants were found in the

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