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Leveraging synthetic lethality to uncover potential therapeutic target in gastric cancer.
Cancer gene therapy - 1 Feb 2024
Geng Haigang, Qian Ruolan, Zhong Yiqing, Tang Xiangyu, Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Linmeng, Yang Chen, Li Tingting, Dong Zhongyi, Wang Cun, Zhang Zizhen, Zhu Chunchao
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Since trastuzumab was approved in 2012 for the first-line treatment of gastric cancer (GC), no significant advancement in GC targeted therapies has occurred. Synthetic lethality refers to the concept that simultaneous dysfunction of a pair of genes results in a lethal effect on cells, while the loss of an individual gene does not cause this effect. Through exploiting synthetic lethality, novel targeted therapies...
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