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BRCA2 protein deficiency exaggerates doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cardiac failure.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 24 Feb 2012
Singh Krishna K, Shukla Praphulla C, Quan Adrian, Desjardins Jean-François, Lovren Fina, Pan Yi, Garg Vinay, Gosal Sumandeep, Garg Ankit, Szmitko Paul E, Schneider Michael D, Parker Thomas G, Stanford William L, Leong-Poi Howard, Teoh Hwee, Al-Omran Mohammed, Verma Subodh
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppressor breast cancer susceptibility gene 2 (BRCA2) plays an important role in the repair of DNA damage, and loss of BRCA2 predisposes carriers to breast and ovarian cancers. Doxorubicin (DOX) remains the cornerstone of chemotherapy in such individuals. However, it is often associated with cardiac failure, which once manifests carries a poor prognosis. Because BRCA2 regulates genome-wide stability...
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