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ReviewGenome medicine2025

DNA repair and the contribution to chemotherapy resistance.

Ksenija Nesic, Phoebe Parker, Elizabeth M Swisher, John J Krais

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Review in Genome medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ksenija NesicThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Phoebe ParkerDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Elizabeth M SwisherUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
John J KraisDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. krais@wustl.edu.

Funding

Route 66 Endometrial Cancer SPOREP50CA265793 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI David G Mutch · 2023 to 2026
$11.6M
Methylation and Mutation Assay to Personalize PARP Inhibitor TherapyR01CA251817 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SWISHER, ELIZABETH MARY · 2020 to 2022
$1.4M
Examining the Role of RNF168 Activity in BRCA1 Mutant CancersK22CA276631 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KRAIS, JOHN · 2023 to 2024
$307k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA276631NCI NIH HHS P50 CA265793NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251817NIH NCI 1K22CA276631-01NIH NCI R01CA251817Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance ECIG-2025-3-1966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DNA damage response comprises a set of imperfect pathways that maintain cell survival following exposure to DNA damaging agents. Cancers frequently exhibit DNA repair pathway alterations that contribute to their intrinsic genome instability. This, in part, facilitates a therapeutic window for many chemotherapeutic agents whose mechanisms of action often converge at the generation of a double-strand DNA break. The development of therapy resistance occurs through countless molecular mechanisms that promote tolerance to DNA damage, often by preventing break formation or increasing repair capacity. This review broadly discusses the DNA damaging mechanisms of action for different classes of chemotherapeutics, how avoidance and repair of double-strand breaks can promote resistance, and strategic directions for counteracting therapy resistance.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsDNA RepairDrug Resistance, NeoplasmNeoplasmsAnimalsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA DamageHumansAntineoplastic AgentsChemotherapy resistanceDNA damage responseDNA repair

Identifiers

PMID40420317
PMCPMC12107761

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