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PARP goes the weasel! Emerging role of PARP inhibitors in acute leukemias.
Blood reviews - 1 Jan 2021
Fritz Claire, Portwood Scott M, Przespolewski Amanda, Wang Eunice S
Abstract excerpt
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, which induce synthetic lethality of BRCA mutant breast and ovarian cancers, are now under active exploration for treatment of acute leukemias, specifically acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Experimental data has revealed that DNA repair deficiencies similar to those found in BRCA mutant solid tumors function in malignant hematopoietic cells to enhance cell survival and...
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