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PARP inhibitors for anticancer therapy
23 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
PARP-1 [poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1], which plays a key role in DNA repair, was discovered 50 years ago. PARPi (PARP inhibitors), originally made to probe the function of the enzyme, inhibit DNA repair and increase the potency of anticancer cytotoxic agents. PARPi of increasing potency were developed as chemo- and radio-sensitizers and first entered clinical trial in cancer patients in 2003. However, it was the...
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