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A synthetic lethality-based strategy to treat cancers harboring a genetic deficiency in the chromatin remodeling factor BRG1.
Cancer research - 1 Sept 2013
Oike Takahiro, Ogiwara Hideaki, Tominaga Yuichi, Ito Kentaro, Ando Osamu, Tsuta Koji, Mizukami Tatsuji, Shimada Yoko, Isomura Hisanori, Komachi Mayumi, Furuta Koh, Watanabe Shun-Ichi, Nakano Takashi, Yokota Jun, Kohno Takashi
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of inactivating mutations in SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling genes in common cancers has attracted a great deal of interest. However, mechanistic strategies to target tumor cells carrying such mutations are yet to be developed. This study proposes a synthetic-lethality therapy for treating cancers deficient in the SWI/SNF catalytic (ATPase) subunit, BRG1/SMARCA4. The strategy relies upon inhibition of...
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