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ReviewCurrent breast cancer reports2025

Targeting PARP1: A Promising Approach for Next-Generation Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors.

Alo Ray, Mateusz Opyrchal

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Review in Current breast cancer reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Insights into Molecular Mechanisms of Polyphenolic Compounds fromPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Recent Advances in Targeted Therapies for Adult Gliomas.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026
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  10. Experimental and Mechanistic Validation of PARP1pred for Identifying Potent Leads.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alo RayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN USA.
Mateusz OpyrchalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN USA.

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis ProgramP30CA082709 · NCI · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI Sara K Quinney · 1999 to 2026
$59.3M
The Wnt-IRF8 axis: a Novel Regulator of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell BiologyF30CA254327 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI KRAMER, ELLIOT DAVID · 2020 to 2023
$161k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA254327NCI NIH HHS P30 CA082709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limitations of Poly ADP‒ribose Polymerase PARP Inhibitors: PARPis have demonstrated efficacy in BRCA-mutated cancers deficient in homologous recombination repair. Furthermore, PARPis have shown efficacy in BRCA-wild-type cancers with a homologous recombination deficiency phenotype known as BRCAness. Current clinically approved PARPis inhibit both PARP1 and PARP2, and their clinical promise is limited by toxicity, resistance, and a lack of combination partners. Recent Findings: PARP2 inhibition is associated with hematological toxicity, affecting the tolerability and efficacy of monotherapy and combination therapies. Furthermore, synthetic lethality in BRCA-mutated cancers depends mostly on PARP1, whereas PARP2 is not essential. These findings promoted the development of next-generation PARPis with greater selectivity for PARP1 than for PARP2. Summary: In this review, we discuss the next-generation PARPis that target PARP1 and show promise in terms of improved safety, tolerability, pharmacological profiles, and efficacy compared to existing clinically approved PARPis. These next-generation PARP1-selective inhibitors hold significant promises for improving the survival and outcomes of cancer patients.

Indexed as

DNA damageDouble-strand breaks (DSBs)Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)Homologous recombination repair (HRR)PARP1PARP2Single-strand breaks (SSBs)

Identifiers

PMID40521389
PMCPMC12162764

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