PARP inhibitors: its role in treatment of cancer

PARP is an important protein in DNA repair pathways especially the base excision repair (BER). BER is involved in DNA repair of single strand breaks (SSBs). If BER is impaired, inhibiting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), SSBs accumulate and become double stand breaks (DSBs). The cells with increa...

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Main Author: Chen, Alice
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013421/