Exploiting replicative stress to treat cancer

Matthias Dobbelstein, Claus Storgaard Sørensen

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    Abstract

    DNA replication in cancer cells is accompanied by stalling and collapse of the replication fork and signalling in response to DNA damage and/or premature mitosis; these processes are collectively known as 'replicative stress'. Progress is being made to increase our understanding of the mechanisms that govern replicative stress, thus providing ample opportunities to enhance replicative stress for therapeutic purposes. Rather than trying to halt cell cycle progression, cancer therapeutics could aim to increase replicative stress by further loosening the checkpoints that remain available to cancer cells and ultimately inducing the catastrophic failure of proliferative machineries. In this Review, we outline current and future approaches to achieve this, emphasizing the combination of conventional chemotherapy with targeted approaches.

    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftNature Reviews. Drug Discovery
    Vol/bind14
    Udgave nummer6
    Sider (fra-til)405-23
    Antal sider19
    ISSN1474-1776
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 3 jun. 2015

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