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    • Commentary
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    Research news:

    Mechanism of Cediranib/Olaparib Combo Revealed.

    • Talazoparib Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: Preparation, Characterization and Evaluation the Therapeutic Efficacy In Vitro.
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    • Veliparib: a new therapeutic option in ovarian cancer?
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    • Review
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    • Letter
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    • 4-Hydroxytamoxifen enhances sensitivity of estrogen receptor α-positive breast cancer to docetaxel in an estrogen and ZNF423 SNP-dependent fashion.
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    Commentary:

    Fighting against the challenge of treating patients with late-line ovarian cancer: are we there yet?

    • The estrogen receptor-alpha S118P variant does not affect breast cancer incidence or response to endocrine therapies.
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    • RAD51D splice variants and cancer-associated mutations reveal XRCC2 interaction to be critical for homologous recombination.
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    • Review
    • Genomic signatures predict the immunogenicity of BRCA-deficient breast cancer.
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    Research news:

    Context Matters: RNF168 Connects with PALB2 to Rewire Homologous Recombination in BRCA1 Haploinsufficiency.

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    • Cyclin B1 stability is increased by interaction with BRCA1, and its overexpression suppresses the progression of BRCA1-associated mammary tumors.
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    • Inhibition of AKT suppresses the initiation and progression of BRCA1-associated mammary tumors.
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    • Inhibition of Estrogen Signaling Reduces the Incidence of BRCA1-associated Mammary Tumor Formation.
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    • BRCA1 Mutation-Specific Responses to 53BP1 Loss-Induced Homologous Recombination and PARP Inhibitor Resistance.
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    Comment:

    MiRNAs prognostic for basal and BRCA1 breast cancer.

    • Radiosensitization by the PARP inhibitor olaparib in BRCA1-proficient and deficient high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas.
    • Bi Y, Verginadis II, Dey S, Lin L, Guo L, Zheng Y, Koumenis C.
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    • Evaluation of Microscopic Changes in Fallopian Tubes of BRCA Mutation Carriers by Morphometric Analysis of Histologic Slides: A Preliminary Pilot Study.
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    • BRCA2 protects mammalian cells from heat shock.
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    • BRCA1-associated mammary tumorigenesis is dependent on estrogen rather than progesterone signaling.
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    • Mammary molecular portraits reveal lineage-specific features and progenitor cell vulnerabilities.
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    Press: Breast Cancer Epigenetics Study Reveals Potential Drug Targets. (Clinical OMICs)

    • Genetic dissection of the BRCA2 promoter and transcriptional impact of DNA variants.
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    • Shieldin complex promotes DNA end-joining and counters homologous recombination in BRCA1-null cells.
    • Dev H, Chiang TW, Lescale C, de Krijger I, Martin AG, Pilger D, Coates J, Sczaniecka-Clift M, Wei W, Ostermaier M, Herzog M, Lam J, Shea A, Demir M, Wu Q, Yang F, Fu B, Lai Z, Balmus G, Belotserkovskaya R, Serra V, O'Connor MJ, Bruna A, Beli P, Pellegrini L, Caldas C, Deriano L, Jacobs JJL, Galanty Y, Jackson SP.
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    • PARP inhibitor veliparib and HDAC inhibitor SAHA synergistically co-target the UHRF1/BRCA1 DNA damage repair complex in prostate cancer cells.
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    • Evidence of Intertissue Differences in the DNA Damage Response and the Pro-oncogenic Role of NF-κB in Mice with Disengaged BRCA1-PALB2 Interaction.
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    • Inhibition of mTOR downregulates expression of DNA repair proteins and is highly efficient against BRCA2-mutated breast cancer in combination to PARP inhibition.
    • El Botty R, Coussy F, Hatem R, Assayag F, Chateau-Joubert S, Servely JL, Leboucher S, Fouillade C, Vacher S, Ouine B, Cartier A, de Koning L, Cottu P, Bièche I, Marangoni E.
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    • BRCA Status Does Not Predict Synergism of a Carboplatin and Olaparib Combination in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines.
    • Shen YT, Evans JC, Zafarana G, Allen C, Piquette-Miller M.
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    • An Effective Epigenetic-PARP inhibitor Combination Therapy for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Independent of BRCA-mutations.
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    • Recapitulating the clinical scenario of BRCA-associated pancreatic cancer in pre-clinical models.
    • Golan T, Stossel C, Atias D, Buzhor E, Halperin S, Cohen K, Raitses-Gurevich M, Glick Y, Raskin S, Yehuda D, Feldman A, Schvimer M, Friedman E, Karni R, Wilson JM, Denroche RE, Lungu I, Bartlett JMS, Mbabaali F, Gallinger S, Berger R.
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    • Synthetic Lethality of PARP Inhibition and Ionizing Radiation is p53-dependent.
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    • A Short BRCA2-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide Targets RAD51 Function and Confers Hypersensitivity toward PARP Inhibition.
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    • BRCA1 Mutation Status and Follicular Fluid Exposure Alters NFκB Signaling and ISGylation in Human Fallopian Tube Epithelial Cells.
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    • Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 is a prognostic biomarker for breast cancer that also predicts neoadjuvant chemotherapy responses.
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    • Simultaneous Targeting of PARP1 and RAD52 Triggers Dual Synthetic Lethality in BRCA-Deficient Tumor Cells.
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    • Selective Loss of PARG Restores PARylation and Counteracts PARP Inhibitor-Mediated Synthetic Lethality.
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    • Heterochromatin-Encoded Satellite RNAs Induce Breast Cancer.
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    • Capecitabine Efficacy Is Correlated with TYMP and RB1 Expression in PDX Established from Triple-Negative Breast Cancers.
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    • Reparameterization of PAM50 Expression Identifies Novel Breast Tumor Dimensions and Leads to Discovery of a Genome-Wide Significant Breast Cancer Locus at 12q15.
    • Madsen MJ, Knight S, Sweeney C, Factor R, Salama M, Stijleman IJ, Rajamanickam V, Welm BE, Arunachalam S, Jones B, Rachamadugu R, Rowe K, Cessna MH, Thomas A, Kushi LH, Caan BJ, Bernard PS, Camp NJ.
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    • Targeting Tissue Factor for Immunotherapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Using a Second-Generation ICON.
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    • Increased centrosome number in BRCA-related breast cancer specimens determined by immunofluorescence analysis.
    • Watanabe G, Chiba N, Nomizu T, Furuta A, Sato K, Miyashita M, Tada H, Suzuki A, Ohuchi N, Ishida T.
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    • The BET inhibitor INCB054329 reduces homologous recombination efficiency and augments PARP inhibitor activity in ovarian cancer.
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    • Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Jun;149(3):575-584. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.03.049. Epub 2018 Mar 20.
    • Heat-induced BRCA2 degradation in human tumors provides rationale for hyperthermia-PARP-inhibitor combination therapies.
    • van den Tempel N, Odijk H, van Holthe N, Naipal K, Raams A, Eppink B, van Gent D, Hardillo J, Verduijn G, Drooger J, van Rhoon G, Smedts D, van Doorn H, Boormans J, Jager A, Franckena M, Kanaar R.
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    • Olaparib-induced Adaptive Response Is Disrupted by FOXM1 Targeting that Enhances Sensitivity to PARP Inhibition.
    • Fang P, Madden JA, Neums L, Moulder RK, Forrest ML, Chien J.
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    • APTO-253 Is a New Addition to the Repertoire of Drugs that Can Exploit DNA BRCA1/2 Deficiency.
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    • Distinct DNA Methylation Profiles in Ovarian Tumors: Opportunities for Novel Biomarkers.
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    • Compound F779-0434 causes synthetic lethality in BRCA2-deficient cancer cells by disrupting RAD52-ssDNA association.
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    • Leucocytes telomere length and breast cancer risk/ susceptibility: A case-control study.
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    • Tumor xenograft modeling identifies an association between TCF4 loss and breast cancer chemoresistance.
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    • Role of BRCA1 in Neuronal Death in Alzheimer's Disease.
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    • Genome-wide and high-density CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify point mutations in PARP1 causing PARP inhibitor resistance.
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    • Nat Commun. 2018 May 10;9(1):1849. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03917-2.
    • DNA Repair Network Analysis Reveals Shieldin as a Key Regulator of NHEJ and PARP Inhibitor Sensitivity.
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    • BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor suppressors in neural crest cells are essential for craniofacial bone development.
    • Kitami K, Kitami M, Kaku M, Wang B, Komatsu Y.
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    • A PET imaging agent for evaluating PARP-1 expression in ovarian cancer.
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    Identifier: NCT02637934: Phase I Pilot Study of Biodistribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Novel Radiotracer [18F]Fluorthanatrace (FTT) by PET/CT. (ClinicalTrials.gov)

    Commentary:

    The evolving landscape of predictive biomarkers of response to PARP inhibitors.

    • SIRT5 as a biomarker for response to anthracycline-taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.
    • Xu L, Che X, Wu Y, Song N, Shi S, Wang S, Li C, Zhang L, Zhang X, Qu X, Teng Y.
    • Oncol Rep. 2018 May;39(5):2315-2323. doi: 10.3892/or.2018.6319. Epub 2018 Mar 16.
    • Brca1 Is Upregulated by 5-Aza-CdR and Promotes DNA Repair and Cell Survival, and Inhibits Neurite Outgrowth in Rat Retinal Neurons.
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    • PARP inhibitors in breast cancer: Bringing synthetic lethality to the bedside.
    • Turk AA, Wisinski KB.
    • Cancer. 2018 Jun 15;124(12):2498-2506. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31307. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
    • Targeting Brain-Adaptive Cancer Stem Cells Prohibits Brain Metastatic Colonization of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
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    • Cancer Res. 2018 Apr 15;78(8):2052-2064. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2994. Epub 2018 Mar 22.
    • Plectin-targeted liposomes enhance the therapeutic efficacy of a PARP inhibitor in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
    • Dasa SSK, Diakova G, Suzuki R, Mills AM, Gutknecht MF, Klibanov AL, Slack-Davis JK, Kelly KA.
    • Theranostics. 2018 Apr 11;8(10):2782-2798. doi: 10.7150/thno.23050. eCollection 2018.
    • Multifaceted Impact of MicroRNA 493-5p on Genome-Stabilizing Pathways Induces Platinum and PARP Inhibitor Resistance in BRCA2-Mutated Carcinomas.
    • Meghani K, Fuchs W, Detappe A, Drané P, Gogola E, Rottenberg S, Jonkers J, Matulonis U, Swisher EM, Konstantinopoulos PA, Chowdhury D.
    • Cell Rep. 2018 Apr 3;23(1):100-111. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.038.
    • Observations on the origin of ovarian cortical inclusion cysts in women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
    • Park KJ, Patel P, Linkov I, Jotwani A, Kauff N, Pike MC.
    • Histopathology. 2018 Apr;72(5):766-776. doi: 10.1111/his.13444. Epub 2018 Jan 29.
    • PARP1-siRNA suppresses human prostate cancer cell growth and progression.
    • Lai Y, Kong Z, Zeng T, Xu S, Duan X, Li S, Cai C, Zhao Z, Wu W.
    • Oncol Rep. 2018 Apr;39(4):1901-1909. doi: 10.3892/or.2018.6238. Epub 2018 Jan 26.
    • Proteomics Analysis to Assess the Role of Mitochondria in BRCA1-Mediated Breast Tumorigenesis.
    • Concolino A, Olivo E, Tammè L, Fiumara CV, De Angelis MT, Quaresima B, Agosti V, Costanzo FS, Cuda G, Scumaci D.
    • Proteomes. 2018 Mar 27;6(2). pii: E16. doi: 10.3390/proteomes6020016.
    • Functional genomics identifies specific vulnerabilities in PTEN-deficient breast cancer.
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    • Breast Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 22;20(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13058-018-0949-3.
    • Decapping protein EDC4 regulates DNA repair and phenocopies BRCA1.
    • Carvajal R, Fernández J, García N, López A, Gutiérrez-Enríquez S, Diez O, Benítez J, Salinas M, Teulé A, Brunet J, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Schindler D, Huertas P, Puente XS, Lázaro C, Pujana MÀ, Surrallés J.
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    • Pharmacological Inhibition of NOS Activates ASK1/JNK Pathway Augmenting Docetaxel-Mediated Apoptosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
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    • Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 1;24(5):1152-1162. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-1437. Epub 2018 Jan 4.
    • Homology-Directed Repair and the Role of BRCA1, BRCA2, and Related Proteins in Genome Integrity and Cancer.
    • Chen CC, Feng W, Lim PX, Kass EM, Jasin M.
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    • Co-targeting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) in triple-negative breast cancer: Higher synergism in BRCA mutated cells.
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    • Identifying and Targeting Sporadic Oncogenic Genetic Aberrations in Mouse Models of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
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    • BRCA1 and MAD2 Are Coexpressed and Are Prognostic Indicators in Tubo-ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma.
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    • Prophylactic window therapy with the clinical PARP inhibitor olaparib delays BRCA1-deficient mammary tumour formation in mice.
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    • Loss of BRCA1 or BRCA2 markedly increases the rate of base substitution mutagenesis and has distinct effects on genomic deletions.
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    • PARP inhibitor increases chemosensitivity by upregulating miR-664b-5p in BRCA1-mutated triple-negative breast cancer.
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    • BRCA1-IRIS overexpression promotes and maintains the tumor initiating phenotype: implications for triple negative breast cancer early lesions.
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    • Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors selectively induce cytotoxicity in TCF3-HLF-positive leukemic cells.
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    • PARP-1 Expression Quantified by [18F]FluorThanatrace: A Biomarker of Response to PARP Inhibition Adjuvant to Radiation Therapy.
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    • Review
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    • Oncotarget. 2017 Jan 24;8(4):6057-6066. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14011.
    • Chemopreventive effects of ROS targeting in a murine model of BRCA1-deficient breast cancer.
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    • Lack of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex detection occurs frequently in low-grade epithelial ovarian cancer.
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    • Mutant p53: a novel target for the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer?
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    • Can we prevent BRCA1-associated breast cancer by RANKL inhibition?
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    • Review
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    • MicroRNA in breast cancer: The association with BRCA1/2.
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    • Review
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    • Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors of BRCA1 Discovered Using Small Molecule Microarrays.
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    • Effects of Combined Treatment with Ionizing Radiation and the PARP Inhibitor Olaparib in BRCA Mutant and Wild Type Patient-Derived Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts.
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    • Germline missense pathogenic variants in the BRCA1 BRCT domain, p.Gly1706Glu and p.Ala1708Glu, increase cellular sensitivity to PARP inhibitor Olaparib by a dominant negative effect.
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    • Yeast cells reveal the misfolding and the cellular mislocalisation of the human BRCA1 protein.
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    • J Cell Sci. 2016 Dec 1;129(23):4366-4378. Epub 2016 Oct 17.

    "In This Issue":

    Yeast cells detect human BRCA1 misfolding.

    • Iodinated benzimidazole PARP radiotracer for evaluating PARP1/2 expression in vitro and in vivo.
    • Anderson RC, Makvandi M, Xu K, Lieberman BP, Zeng C, Pryma DA, Mach RH.
    • Nucl Med Biol. 2016 Dec;43(12):752-758. doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2016.08.007. Epub 2016 Aug 12.
    • The Correlation Between PARP1 and BRCA1 in AR Positive Triple-negative Breast Cancer.
    • Luo J, Jin J, Yang F, Sun Z, Zhang W, Shi Y, Xu J, Guan X.
    • Int J Biol Sci. 2016 Nov 25;12(12):1500-1510. eCollection 2016.
    • Accurate clinical detection of exon copy number variants in a targeted NGS panel using DECoN.
    • Fowler A, Mahamdallie S, Ruark E, Seal S, Ramsay E, Clarke M, Uddin I, Wylie H, Strydom A, Lunter G, Rahman N.
    • Wellcome Open Res. 2016 Nov 25;1:20. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.10069.1.
    • CDK12 Inhibition Reverses De Novo and Acquired PARP Inhibitor Resistance in BRCA Wild-Type and Mutated Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
    • Johnson SF, Cruz C, Greifenberg AK, Dust S, Stover DG, Chi D, Primack B, Cao S, Bernhardy AJ, Coulson R, Lazaro JB, Kochupurakkal B, Sun H, Unitt C, Moreau LA, Sarosiek KA, Scaltriti M, Juric D, Baselga J, Richardson AL, Rodig SJ, D'Andrea AD, Balmaña J, Johnson N, Geyer M, Serra V, Lim E, Shapiro GI.
    • Cell Rep. 2016 Nov 22;17(9):2367-2381. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.077.
    • Resistance to PARP inhibitors by SLFN11 inactivation can be overcome by ATR inhibition.
    • Murai J, Feng Y, Yu GK, Ru Y, Tang SW, Shen Y, Pommier Y.
    • Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 22;7(47):76534-76550. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12266.
    • Blood-based DNA methylation as biomarker for breast cancer: a systematic review.
    • Tang Q, Cheng J, Cao X, Surowy H, Burwinkel B.
    • Clin Epigenetics. 2016 Nov 14;8:115. eCollection 2016.
    • LKB1 is a DNA damage response protein that regulates cellular sensitivity to PARP inhibitors.
    • Wang YS, Chen J, Cui F, Wang H, Wang S, Hang W, Zeng Q, Quan CS, Zhai YX, Wang JW, Shen XF, Jian YP, Zhao RX, Werle KD, Cui R, Liang J, Li YL, Xu ZX.
    • Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 8;7(45):73389-73401. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12334.
    • The Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor Veliparib and Radiation Cause Significant Cell Line Dependent Metabolic Changes in Breast Cancer Cells.
    • Bhute VJ, Ma Y, Bao X, Palecek SP.
    • Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 4;6:36061. doi: 10.1038/srep36061.
    • Prognostic impact of total and tyrosine phosphorylated GIV/Girdin in breast cancers.
    • Dunkel Y, Diao K, Aznar N, Swanson L, Liu L, Zhu W, Mi X, Ghosh P.
    • FASEB J. 2016 Nov;30(11):3702-3713. Epub 2016 Jul 20.
    • In vitro model for DNA double-strand break repair analysis in breast cancer reveals cell type-specific associations with age and prognosis.
    • Deniz M, Kaufmann J, Stahl A, Gundelach T, Janni W, Hoffmann I, Keimling M, Hampp S, Ihle M, Wiesmüller L.
    • FASEB J. 2016 Nov;30(11):3786-3799. Epub 2016 Aug 5.
    • Analysis of alternative lengthening of telomere markers in BRCA1 defective cells.
    • Kargaran PK, Yasaei H, Anjomani-Virmouni S, Mangiapane G, Slijepcevic P.
    • Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2016 Nov;55(11):864-76. doi: 10.1002/gcc.22386. Epub 2016 Jul 26.
    • In vivo anti-tumor activity of the PARP inhibitor niraparib in homologous recombination deficient and proficient ovarian carcinoma.
    • AlHilli MM, Becker MA, Weroha SJ, Flatten KS, Hurley RM, Harrell MI, Oberg AL, Maurer MJ, Hawthorne KM, Hou X, Harrington SC, McKinstry S, Meng XW, Wilcoxen KM, Kalli KR, Swisher EM, Kaufmann SH, Haluska P.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Nov;143(2):379-388. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.08.328. Epub 2016 Sep 8.
    • Neoplastic cellularity is associated with clinical and molecular features of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
    • Morse CB, Norquist BM, Harrell MI, Agnew KJ, Gray HJ, Urban RR, Garcia RL, Goff BA, Swisher EM.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Nov;143(2):389-392. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.08.324. Epub 2016 Aug 27.
    • RANKL/RANK: from bone loss to the prevention of breast cancer.
    • Sigl V, Jones LP, Penninger JM.
    • Open Biol. 2016 Nov;6(11). pii: 160230.
    • Robust homology-directed repair within mouse mammary tissue is not specifically affected by Brca2 mutation.
    • Kass EM, Lim PX, Helgadottir HR, Moynahan ME, Jasin M.
    • Nat Commun. 2016 Oct 25;7:13241. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13241.
    • Expression of cancer related BRCA1 missense variants decreases MMS-induced recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae without altering its nuclear localization.
    • Lodovichi S, Vitello M, Cervelli T, Galli A.
    • Cell Cycle. 2016 Oct 17;15(20):2723-31. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1215389. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
    • The PARP Inhibitor AZD2461 Provides Insights into the Role of PARP3 Inhibition for Both Synthetic Lethality and Tolerability with Chemotherapy in Preclinical Models.
    • Oplustil O'Connor L, Rulten SL, Cranston AN, Odedra R, Brown H, Jaspers JE, Jones L, Knights C, Evers B, Ting A, Bradbury RH, Pajic M, Rottenberg S, Jonkers J, Rudge D, Martin NM, Caldecott KW, Lau A, O'Connor MJ.
    • Cancer Res. 2016 Oct 15;76(20):6084-6094. Epub 2016 Aug 22.
    • The current status of PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer.
    • McLachlan J, George A, Banerjee S.
    • Tumori. 2016 Oct 13;102(5):433-440. doi: 10.5301/tj.5000558. Epub 2016 Sep 24.
    • Review
    • Enhancing the Cytotoxic Effects of PARP Inhibitors with DNA Demethylating Agents - A Potential Therapy for Cancer.
    • Muvarak NE, Chowdhury K, Xia L, Robert C, Choi EY, Cai Y, Bellani M, Zou Y, Singh ZN, Duong VH, Rutherford T, Nagaria P, Bentzen SM, Seidman MM, Baer MR, Lapidus RG, Baylin SB, Rassool FV.
    • Cancer Cell. 2016 Oct 10;30(4):637-650. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.09.002.
    • Dysregulation of the BRCA1/long non-coding RNA NEAT1 signaling axis contributes to breast tumorigenesis.
    • Lo PK, Zhang Y, Wolfson B, Gernapudi R, Yao Y, Duru N, Zhou Q.
    • Oncotarget. 2016 Oct 4;7(40):65067-65089. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11364.
    • RING-less BRCA1 Induces PARP Inhibitor and Platinum Resistance.
    • [No authors listed]
    • Cancer Discov. 2016 Oct;6(10):OF6. Epub 2016 Aug 12.
    • BRCA2: a grown-up cancer susceptibility gene.
    • Foulkes WD, Sugano K.
    • Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 Oct;23(10):E1-E3.

    Review:

    BRCA2 functions: from DNA repair to replication fork stabilization.

    Review:

    Defects in homologous recombination repair behind the human diseases: FA and HBOC.

    Review:

    Synthetic lethality: the road to novel therapies for breast cancer.

    Review:

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in BRCA2 mutation carriers.

    Review:

    Modifiers of breast and ovarian cancer risks for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

    • BRCA2 functions: from DNA repair to replication fork stabilization.
    • Fradet-Turcotte A, Sitz J, Grapton D, Orthwein A.
    • Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 Oct;23(10):T1-T17. Epub 2016 Aug 16.

    Introductory article, Editorial:

    BRCA2: a grown-up cancer susceptibility gene.

    • Defects in homologous recombination repair behind the human diseases: FA and HBOC.
    • Katsuki Y, Takata M.
    • Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 Oct;23(10):T19-T37. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

    Introductory article, Editorial:

    BRCA2: a grown-up cancer susceptibility gene.

    • Panobinostat sensitizes cyclin E high, homologous recombination-proficient ovarian cancer to olaparib.
    • Wilson AJ, Sarfo-Kantanka K, Barrack T, Steck A, Saskowski J, Crispens MA, Khabele D.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Oct;143(1):143-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.07.088. Epub 2016 Jul 19.
    • Linking genotoxicity and cytotoxicity with membrane fluidity: A comparative study in ovarian cancer cell lines following exposure to auranofin.
    • Oommen D, Dodd NJ, Yiannakis D, Moyeed R, Jha AN.
    • Mutat Res. 2016 Oct;809:43-49. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2016.09.003. Epub 2016 Sep 4.
    • Tumor Cell Recovery from Senescence Induced by Radiation with PARP Inhibition.
    • Gewirtz DA, Alotaibi M, Yakovlev VA, Povirk LF.
    • Radiat Res. 2016 Oct;186(4):327-332. Epub 2016 Sep 2.
    • Secretome proteomics reveals candidate non-invasive biomarkers of BRCA1 deficiency in breast cancer.
    • Warmoes M, Lam SW, der Groep PV, Jaspers JE, Smolders YH, de Boer L, Pham TV, Piersma SR, Rottenberg S, Boven E, Jonkers J, van Diest PJ, Jimenez CR.
    • Oncotarget. 2016 Sep 27;7(39):63537-63548. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11535.
    • A second DNA binding site in human BRCA2 promotes homologous recombination.
    • von Nicolai C, Ehlén Å, Martin C, Zhang X, Carreira A.
    • Nat Commun. 2016 Sep 15;7:12813. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12813.
    • 53BP1 depletion causes PARP inhibitor resistance in ATM-deficient breast cancer cells.
    • Hong R, Ma F, Zhang W, Yu X, Li Q, Luo Y, Zhu C, Jiang W, Xu B.
    • BMC Cancer. 2016 Sep 9;16(1):725. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2754-7.
    • Plasma folate, vitamin B-6, and vitamin B-12 and breast cancer risk in BRCA1- and BRCA2-mutation carriers: a prospective study.
    • Kim SJ, Zuchniak A, Sohn KJ, Lubinski J, Demsky R, Eisen A, Akbari MR, Kim YI, Narod SA, Kotsopoulos J.
    • Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Sep;104(3):671-7. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.133470. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
    • PTIP Loss Protects BRCA-Deficient Cells from DNA Damage and Cell Death.
    • [No authors listed]
    • Cancer Discov. 2016 Sep;6(9):944. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2016-142. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
    • Research Watch
    • A Review of Whole Exome Sequencing Efforts Toward Hereditary Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Discovery.
    • Chandler MR, Bilgili EP, Merner ND.
    • Hum Mutat. 2016 Sep;37(9):835-46. doi: 10.1002/humu.23017. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
    • Review
    • Post-transcriptional Regulation of BRCA2 through Interactions with miR-19a and miR-19b.
    • Mogilyansky E, Clark P, Quann K, Zhou H, Londin E, Jing Y, Rigoutsos I.
    • Front Genet. 2016 Aug 31;7:143. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00143. eCollection 2016.
    • NCI Launches Large Study of Breast Cancer Genetics in Black Women
    • Jennifer Abbasi
    • JAMA. 2016 Aug 23;316(8):808. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.11180.
    • News
    • Reduced BRCA1 transcript levels in freshly isolated blood leukocytes from BRCA1 mutation carriers is mutation specific.
    • Chehade R, Pettapiece-Phillips R, Salmena L, Kotlyar M, Jurisica I, Narod SA, Akbari MR, Kotsopoulos J.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2016 Aug 17;18(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s13058-016-0739-8.
    • Germline BRCA1 mutation reprograms breast epithelial cell metabolism towards mitochondrial-dependent biosynthesis: Evidence for metformin-based "starvation" strategies in BRCA1 carriers.
    • Cuyàs E, Fernández-Arroyo S, Alarcón T, Lupu R, Joven J, Menendez JA.
    • Oncotarget. 2016 Aug 16;7(33):52974-52992. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.9732.
    • Interaction with PALB2 Is Essential for Maintenance of Genomic Integrity by BRCA2.
    • Hartford SA, Chittela R, Ding X, Vyas A, Martin B, Burkett S, Haines DC, Southon E, Tessarollo L, Sharan SK.
    • PLoS Genet. 2016 Aug 4;12(8):e1006236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006236. eCollection 2016.
    • BRCA1185delAG tumors may acquire therapy resistance through expression of RING-less BRCA1.
    • Drost R, Dhillon KK, van der Gulden H, van der Heijden I, Brandsma I, Cruz C, Chondronasiou D, Castroviejo-Bermejo M, Boon U, Schut E, van der Burg E, Wientjens E, Pieterse M, Klijn C, Klarenbeek S, Loayza-Puch F, Elkon R, van Deemter L, Rottenberg S, van de Ven M, Dekkers DH, Demmers JA, van Gent DC, Agami R, Balmaña J, Serra V, Taniguchi T, Bouwman P, Jonkers J.
    • J Clin Invest. 2016 Aug 1;126(8):2903-18. doi: 10.1172/JCI70196. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

    Editorial / Commentary

    BRCA1 loses the ring but lords over resistance.

    • RING domain-deficient BRCA1 promotes PARP inhibitor and platinum resistance.
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    Editorial / Commentary

    BRCA1 loses the ring but lords over resistance.

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    Editorial / Commentary

    A route to new cancer therapies: the FA pathway is essential in BRCA1- or BRCA2-deficient cells.

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    Prevention of breast cancer by RANKL/RANK blockade.

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    News: Preventing Drug Resistance in Patients With Germline BRCA1 Mutations. (OncoTherapy Network)

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    Comment

    A Quest for Better Mouse Models of Breast and Ovarian Cancers.

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    Commentary

    RANKL/OPG in Breast Cancer - Extending Its Territory to BRCA Mutation Carriers.

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    • Protein expression of DNA damage repair proteins dictates response to topoisomerase and PARP inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer.
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    • BRCA2-Deficient Sarcomatoid Mammary Tumors Exhibit Multidrug Resistance.
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    • BRCA mutations cause reduction in miR-200c expression in triple negative breast cancer.
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    • FEBS J. 2015 Feb;282(4):630-46. doi: 10.1111/febs.13150. Epub 2014 Dec 2.
    • It is not all about BRCA: Cullin-Ring ubiquitin Ligases in ovarian cancer.
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    • Br J Cancer. 2015 Jan 6;112(1):9-13. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.594. Epub 2014 Dec 9.
    • MiR-578 and miR-573 as potential players in BRCA-related breast cancer angiogenesis.
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    • Enhanced non-homologous end joining contributes toward synthetic lethality of pathological RAD51C mutants with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase.
    • Somyajit K, Mishra A, Jameei A, Nagaraju G.
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    • BRCA1 185delAG Mutation Enhances Interleukin-1β Expression in Ovarian Surface Epithelial Cells.
    • Woolery KT, Mohamed M, Linger RJ, Dobrinski KP, Roman J, Kruk PA.
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    • Orchestration of DSB repair: a novel BRCA2 connection.
    • Gatti L, Perego P.
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    BRCA2 is needed for both repair and cell cycle arrest in mammalian cells exposed to S23906, an anticancer monofunctional DNA binder.

    • Molecular Mechanism Linking BRCA1 Dysfunction to High Grade Serous Epithelial Ovarian Cancers with Peritoneal Permeability and Ascites.
    • Desai A, Xu J, Aysola K, Akinbobuyi O, White M, Reddy VE, Okoli J, Clark C, Partridge EE, Childs E, Beech DJ, Rice MV, Reddy E, Rao VN.
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    • Epigenetic analysis of sporadic and Lynch-associated ovarian cancers reveals histology-specific patterns of DNA methylation.
    • Niskakoski A, Kaur S, Staff S, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lassus H, Järvinen HJ, Mecklin JP, Bützow R, Peltomäki P.
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    • Morphological and immunohistochemical pattern of tubo-ovarian dysplasia and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma.
    • Chene G, Cayre A, Raoelfils I, Lagarde N, Dauplat J, Penault-Llorca F.
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    • TGFβ Induces "BRCAness" and Sensitivity to PARP Inhibition in Breast Cancer by Regulating DNA-Repair Genes.
    • Liu L, Zhou W, Cheng CT, Ren X, Somlo G, Fong MY, Chin AR, Li H, Yu Y, Xu Y, O'Connor ST, O'Connor TR, Ann DK, Stark JM, Wang SE.
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    • A novel crosstalk between BRCA1 and sirtuin 1 in ovarian cancer.
    • Li D, Bi FF, Chen NN, Cao JM, Sun WP, Zhou YM, Li CY, Yang Q.
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    • Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition enhances trastuzumab antitumour activity in HER2 overexpressing breast cancer.
    • García-Parra J, Dalmases A, Morancho B, Arpí O, Menendez S, Sabbaghi M, Zazo S, Chamizo C, Madoz J, Eroles P, Servitja S, Tusquets I, Yelamos J, Lluch A, Arribas J, Rojo F, Rovira A, Albanell J.
    • Eur J Cancer. 2014 Oct;50(15):2725-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.07.004. Epub 2014 Aug 12.
    • BRCA1 mRNA levels following a 4-6-week intervention with oral 3,3'-diindolylmethane.
    • Kotsopoulos J, Zhang S, Akbari M, Salmena L, Llacuachaqui M, Zeligs M, Sun P, Narod SA.
    • Br J Cancer. 2014 Sep 23;111(7):1269-1274. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.391. Epub 2014 Jul 15.
    • Synergistic therapeutic effect of cisplatin and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors in cancer growth and metastasis of Brca1 mutant tumors.
    • Vassilopoulos A, Xiao C, Chisholm C, Chen W, Xu X, Lahusen TJ, Bewley C, Deng CX.
    • J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 29;289(35):24202-14. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.567552. Epub 2014 Jul 8.
    • Male Fertility Defect Associated with Disrupted BRCA1-PALB2 Interaction in Mice.
    • Simhadri S, Peterson S, Patel DS, Huo Y, Cai H, Bowman-Colin C, Miller S, Ludwig T, Ganesan S, Bhaumik M, Bunting SF, Jasin M, Xia B.
    • J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 29;289(35):24617-29. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.566141. Epub 2014 Jul 11.
    • Comprehensive annotation of splice junctions supports pervasive alternative splicing at the BRCA1 locus: a report from the ENIGMA consortium.
    • Colombo M, Blok MJ, Whiley P, Santamariña M, Gutiérrez-Enríquez S, Romero A, Garre P, Becker A, Smith LD, De Vecchi G, Brandão RD, Tserpelis D, Brown M, Blanco A, Bonache S, Menéndez M, Houdayer C, Foglia C, Fackenthal JD, Baralle D, Wappenschmidt B; kConFaB Investigators, Díaz-Rubio E, Caldés T, Walker L, Díez O, Vega A, Spurdle AB, Radice P, De La Hoya M.
    • Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jul 15;23(14):3666-80. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu075. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
    • Rapid evolution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in humans and other primates.
    • Lou DI, McBee RM, Le UQ, Stone AC, Wilkerson GK, Demogines AM, Sawyer SL.
    • BMC Evol Biol. 2014 Jul 11;14:155. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-155.
    • Functional deficiency of NBN, the Nijmegen breakage syndrome protein, in a p.R215W mutant breast cancer cell line.
    • Schröder-Heurich B, Bogdanova N, Wieland B, Xie X, Noskowicz M, Park-Simon TW, Hillemanns P, Christiansen H, Dörk T.
    • BMC Cancer. 2014 Jun 13;14:434. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-434.
    • BRCA1 Deficiency Exacerbates Estrogen-Induced DNA Damage and Genomic Instability.
    • Savage KI, Matchett KB, Barros EM, Cooper KM, Irwin GW, Gorski JJ, Orr KS, Vohhodina J, Kavanagh JN, Madden AF, Powell A, Manti L, McDade SS, Park BH, Prise KM, McIntosh SA, Salto-Tellez M, Richard DJ, Elliott CT, Harkin DP.
    • Cancer Res. 2014 May 15;74(10):2773-84. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2611. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
    • BRCA1 and estrogen/estrogen receptor in breast cancer: where they interact?
    • Wang L, Di LJ.
    • Int J Biol Sci. 2014 May 14;10(5):566-75. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.8579. eCollection 2014.
    • Stakeholder consultation insights on the future of genomics at the clinical-public health interface.
    • Modell SM, Kardia SL2, Citrin T3.
    • Transl Res. 2014 May;163(5):466-77. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2013.12.007. Epub 2013 Dec 25.
    • Review
    • BRCA1 deficiency induces protective autophagy to mitigate stress and provides a mechanism for BRCA1 haploinsufficiency in tumorigenesis.
    • Tang MK, Kwong A, Tam KF, Cheung AN, Ngan HY, Xia W, Wong A.
    • Cancer Lett. 2014 Apr 28;346(1):139-47. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.12.026. Epub 2013 Dec 28.
    • BRCA1 and Oxidative Stress.
    • Yi YW, Kang HJ, Bae I.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2014 Apr 3;6(2):771-95. doi: 10.3390/cancers6020771.
    • Role of BRCA1 in brain development.
    • Pao GM, Zhu Q, Perez-Garcia CG, Chou SJ, Suh H, Gage FH, O'Leary DD, Verma IM.
    • Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 1;111(13):E1240-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400783111. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
    • Cancer Suppression by the Chromosome Custodians, BRCA1 and BRCA2.
    • Venkitaraman AR.
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    • Editorial / Commentary
    • Epigenetic Reprogramming of HOXC10 in Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer.
    • Pathiraja TN, Nayak SR, Xi Y, Jiang S, Garee JP, Edwards DP, Lee AV, Chen J, Shea MJ, Santen RJ, Gannon F, Kangaspeska S, Jelinek J, Issa JP, Richer JK, Elias A, McIlroy M, Young LS, Davidson NE, Schiff R, Li W, Oesterreich S.
    • Sci Transl Med. 2014 Mar 26;6(229):229ra41. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008326.
    • Estrogen controls the survival of BRCA1-deficient cells via a PI3K-NRF2-regulated pathway.
    • Gorrini C, Gang BP, Bassi C, Wakeham A, Baniasadi SP, Hao Z, Li WY, Cescon DW, Li YT, Molyneux S, Penrod N, Lupien M, Schmidt EE, Stambolic V, Gauthier ML, Mak TW.
    • Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Mar 25;111(12):4472-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1324136111. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

    Comment:

    Tissue-specific tumor suppression by BRCA1.

    • PCAT-1, a Long Noncoding RNA, Regulates BRCA2 and Controls Homologous Recombination in Cancer.
    • Prensner JR, Chen W, Iyer MK, Cao Q, Ma T, Han S, Sahu A, Malik R, Wilder-Romans K, Navone N, Logothetis CJ, Araujo JC, Pisters LL, Tewari AK, Canman CE, Knudsen KE, Kitabayashi N, Rubin MA, Demichelis F, Lawrence TS, Chinnaiyan AM, Feng FY.
    • Cancer Res. 2014 Mar 15;74(6):1651-60. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-3159. Epub 2014 Jan 28.
    • Epigenetic repression of phosphatidylethanolamine, N-methyltransferase (PEMT) in BRCA1-mutated breast cancer.
    • Li D, Bi FF, Chen NN, Cao JM, Sun WP, Zhou YM, Cao C, Li CY, Yang Q.
    • Oncotarget. 2014 Mar 15;5(5):1315-25.
    • Chromosome instability and carcinogenesis: insights from murine models of human pancreatic cancer associated with BRCA2 inactivation.
    • Cassidy LD, Liau SS, Venkitaraman AR.
    • Mol Oncol. 2014 Mar;8(2):161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Nov 6.
    • HUWE1 interacts with BRCA1 and promotes its degradation in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
    • Wang X, Lu G, Li L, Yi J, Yan K, Wang Y, Zhu B, Kuang J, Lin M, Zhang S, Shao G.
    • Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Feb 21;444(4):549-54. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.01.075. Epub 2014 Jan 25.
    • Expression of base excision repair key factors and miR17 in familial and sporadic breast cancer.
    • De Summa S, Pinto R, Pilato B, Sambiasi D, Porcelli L, Guida G, Mattioli E, Paradiso A, Merla G, Micale L, De Nittis P, Tommasi S.
    • Cell Death Dis. 2014 Feb 20;5:e1076. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2014.30.
    • Regulation of DNA methyltransferase 1 transcription in BRCA1-mutated breast cancer: a novel crosstalk between E2F1 motif hypermethylation and loss of histone H3 lysine 9 acetylation.
    • Li D, Bi FF, Cao JM, Cao C, Liu B, Yang Q.
    • Mol Cancer. 2014 Feb 6;13:26. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-26.
    • Retraction: BRCA1 function mediates a TRAP/DRIP complex through direct interaction with TRAP220.
    • [No authors listed]
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    • Compensatory Functions and Interdependency of the DNA-Binding Domain of BRCA2 with the BRCA1-PALB2-BRCA2 Complex.
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    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: BRCA2 and PALB2 mutation

    • Clinical significance of CYLD downregulation in breast cancer.
    • Hayashi M, Jono H, Shinriki S, Nakamura T, Guo J, Sueta A, Tomiguchi M, Fujiwara S, Yamamoto-Ibusuki M, Murakami K, Yamashita S, Yamamoto Y, Li JD, Iwase H, Ando Y.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Feb;143(3):447-57. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2824-3. Epub 2014 Jan 8.
    • Circulating estrogens and estrogens within the breast among postmenopausal BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
    • Loud JT, Gierach GL, Veenstra TD, Falk RT, Nichols K, Guttmann A, Xu X, Greene MH, Gail MH.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Feb;143(3):517-29. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2821-6. Epub 2014 Jan 18.

    Letter, Comment:

    Circulating estrogens and estrogens within the breast among postmenopausal BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.

    Letter, Comment:

    Concerns about methods for determination of estrogens in body fluids.

    • Generation of iPSCs from Genetically Corrected Brca2 Hypomorphic Cells: Implications in Cell Reprogramming and Stem Cell Therapy.
    • Navarro S, Moleiro V, Molina-Estevez FJ, Lozano ML, Chinchon R, Almarza E, Quintana-Bustamante O, Mostoslavsky G, Maetzig T, Galla M, Heinz N, Schiedlmeier B, Torres Y, Modlich U, Samper E, Río P, Segovia JC, Raya A, Güenechea G, Izpisua-Belmonte JC, Bueren JA.
    • Stem Cells. 2014 Feb;32(2):436-46. doi: 10.1002/stem.1586.
    • DNA methylation and miRNAs regulation in hereditary breast cancer: epigenetic changes, players in transcriptional and post- transcriptional regulation in hereditary breast cancer.
    • Pinto R, De Summa S, Pilato B, Tommasi S.
    • Curr Mol Med. 2014 Jan;14(1):45-57.
    • Review
    • BRCA1 as a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent metabolic switch in ovarian cancer.
    • Li D, Chen NN, Cao JM, Sun WP, Zhou YM, Li CY, Wang XX.
    • Cell Cycle. 2014;13(16):2564-71. doi: 10.4161/15384101.2015.942208.
    • Epigenetic mechanisms of breast cancer: an update of the current knowledge.
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    • Epigenomics. 2014;6(6):651-64. doi: 10.2217/epi.14.59.
    • Review
    • Network-based analysis of omics with multi-objective optimization.
    • Mosca E, Milanesi L.
    • Mol Biosyst. 2013 Dec 29;9(12):2971-80. doi: 10.1039/c3mb70327d. Epub 2013 Oct 14.
    • BRCA2: one small step for DNA repair, one giant protein purified.
    • Jensen RB.
    • Yale J Biol Med. 2013 Dec 13;86(4):479-89.
    • Transformation of the fallopian tube secretory epithelium leads to high-grade serous ovarian cancer in Brca;Tp53;Pten models.
    • Perets R, Wyant GA, Muto KW, Bijron JG, Poole BB, Chin KT, Chen JY, Ohman AW, Stepule CD, Kwak S, Karst AM, Hirsch MS, Setlur SR, Crum CP, Dinulescu DM, Drapkin R.
    • Cancer Cell. 2013 Dec 9;24(6):751-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.10.013.

    Research news:

    Ovarian cancer: A better mimic.

    • Refining the role of BRCA1 in combating oxidative stress.
    • Marks JR.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2013 Dec 5;15(6):320. doi: 10.1186/bcr3583.
    • Interest of individuals from BRCA families to participate in research studies focused on male BRCA carriers.
    • Pal T, Vadaparampil S, Kim J, Xu Y, Friedman S, Narod SA, Metcalfe K.
    • Fam Cancer. 2013 Dec;12(4):615-9. doi: 10.1007/s10689-013-9624-0.
    • Synthetic lethality between CCNE1 amplification and loss of BRCA1.
    • Etemadmoghadam D, Weir BA, Au-Yeung G, Alsop K, Mitchell G, George J; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Davis S, D'Andrea AD, Simpson K, Hahn WC, Bowtell DD.
    • Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 26;110(48):19489-94. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314302110. Epub 2013 Nov 11.
    • Breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers: insight from mouse models.
    • Barcellos-Hoff MH, Kleinberg DL.
    • Ann Oncol. 2013 Nov;24 Suppl 8:viii8-viii12. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt305.
    • BRCA1 is a novel target to improve endothelial dysfunction and retard atherosclerosis.
    • Singh KK, Shukla PC, Quan A, Al-Omran M, Lovren F, Pan Y, Brezden-Masley C, Ingram AJ, Stanford WL, Teoh H, Verma S.
    • J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Oct;146(4):949-960.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.12.064. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
    • A cancer-associated BRCA2 mutation reveals masked nuclear export signals controlling localization.
    • Jeyasekharan AD, Liu Y, Hattori H, Pisupati V, Jonsdottir AB, Rajendra E, Lee M, Sundaramoorthy E, Schlachter S, Kaminski CF, Ofir-Rosenfeld Y, Sato K, Savill J, Ayoub N, Venkitaraman AR.
    • Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Oct;20(10):1191-8. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2666. Epub 2013 Sep 8.
    • BRCA1 and p53 regulate critical prostate cancer pathways.
    • De Luca P, Moiola CP, Zalazar F, Gardner K, Vazquez ES, De Siervi A.
    • Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2013 Sep;16(3):233-8. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2013.12. Epub 2013 May 14.
    • Fallopian tube intraluminal tumor spread from noninvasive precursor lesions: a novel metastatic route in early pelvic carcinogenesis.
    • Bijron JG, Seldenrijk CA, Zweemer RP, Lange JG, Verheijen RH, van Diest PJ.
    • Am J Surg Pathol. 2013 Aug;37(8):1123-30. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318282da7f.
    • Case report

    Letter, Comment:

    Fallopian tube intraluminal tumor spread.

    Letter, Comment:

    Serous carcinogenesis: a classic causality dilemma or which came first... ?

    • Angiogenetic axis angiopoietins/Tie2 and VEGF in familial breast cancer.
    • Danza K, Pilato B, Lacalamita R, Addati T, Giotta F, Bruno A, Paradiso A, Tommasi S.
    • Eur J Hum Genet. 2013 Aug;21(8):824-30. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.273. Epub 2012 Dec 12.
    • RAD52 inactivation is synthetically lethal with deficiencies in BRCA1 and PALB2 in addition to BRCA2 through RAD51-mediated homologous recombination.
    • Lok BH, Carley AC, Tchang B, Powell SN.
    • Oncogene. 2013 Jul 25;32(30):3552-8. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.391. Epub 2012 Sep 10.
    • Localization of BRCA1 protein in breast cancer tissue and cell lines with mutations.
    • Tulchin N, Ornstein L, Dikman S, Strauchen J, Jaffer S, Nagi C, Bleiweiss I, Kornreich R, Edelmann L, Brown K, Bodian C, Nair VD, Chambon M, Woods NT, Monteiro AN.
    • Cancer Cell Int. 2013 Jul 15;13(1):70. doi: 10.1186/1475-2867-13-70.
    • COMPLEXO: identifying the missing heritability of breast cancer via next generation collaboration.
    • COMPLEXO, Southey MC, Park DJ, Nguyen-Dumont T, Campbell I, Thompson E, Trainer AH, Chenevix-Trench G, Simard J, Dumont M, Soucy P, Thomassen M, Jønson L, Pedersen IS, Hansen TV, Nevanlinna H, Khan S, Sinilnikova O, Mazoyer S, Lesueur F, Damiola F, Schmutzler R, Meindl A, Hahnen E, Dufault MR, Chris Chan T, Kwong A, Barkardóttir R, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Devilee P, Hilbers F, Benitez J, Kvist A, Törngren T, Easton D, Hunter D, Lindstrom S, Kraft P, Zheng W, Gao YT, Long J, Ramus S, Feng BJ, Weitzel JN, Nathanson K, Offit K, Joseph V, Robson M, Schrader K, Wang S, Kim YC, Lynch H, Snyder C, Tavtigian S, Neuhausen S, Couch FJ, Goldgar DE.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2013 Jun 21;15(3):402. doi: 10.1186/bcr3434.
    • BRCA1 in the DNA damage response and at telomeres.
    • Rosen EM.
    • Front Genet. 2013 Jun 21;4:85. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00085. eCollection 2013.
    • BRCA1-Dependent Translational Regulation in Breast Cancer Cells.
    • Dacheux E, Vincent A, Nazaret N, Combet C, Wierinckx A, Mazoyer S, Diaz JJ, Lachuer J, Venezia ND.
    • PLoS One. 2013 Jun 21;8(6):e67313. Print 2013.
    • From integrative genomics to therapeutic targets.
    • Natrajan R, Wilkerson P.
    • Cancer Res. 2013 Jun 15;73(12):3483-8. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-4717. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
    • The PPARγ agonist efatutazone increases the spectrum of well-differentiated mammary cancer subtypes initiated by loss of full-length BRCA1 in association with TP53 haploinsufficiency.
    • Nakles RE, Kallakury BV, Furth PA.
    • Am J Pathol. 2013 Jun;182(6):1976-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.02.006. Epub 2013 May 8.

    Commentary:

    Anticancer activities of PPARγ in breast cancer are context-dependent.

    • Mouse models of BRCA1 and their application to breast cancer research.
    • Dine J, Deng CX.
    • Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2013 Jun;32(1-2):25-37. doi: 10.1007/s10555-012-9403-7.
    • Review
    • Identification of a non-canonical nuclear localization signal (NLS) in BRCA1 that could mediate nuclear localization of splice variants lacking the classical NLS.
    • Korlimarla A, Bhandary L, Prabhu JS, Shankar H, Sankaranarayanan H, Kumar P, Remacle J, Natarajan D, Sridhar TS.
    • Cell Mol Biol Lett. 2013 Jun;18(2):284-96. doi: 10.2478/s11658-013-0088-x. Epub 2013 May 15.
    • Does cancer start in the womb? altered mammary gland development and predisposition to breast cancer due to in utero exposure to endocrine disruptors.
    • Soto AM, Brisken C, Schaeberle C, Sonnenschein C.
    • J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2013 Jun;18(2):199-208. doi: 10.1007/s10911-013-9293-5. Epub 2013 May 24.
    • Silencing of tumor suppressor genes RASSF1A, SLIT2, and WIF1 by promoter hypermethylation in hereditary breast cancer.
    • Alvarez C, Tapia T, Cornejo V, Fernandez W, Muñoz A, Camus M, Alvarez M, Devoto L, Carvallo P.
    • Mol Carcinog. 2013 Jun;52(6):475-87. doi: 10.1002/mc.21881. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
    • BRCA2 affects the efficiency of DNA double-strand break repair in response to N-nitroso compounds with differing carcinogenic potentials.
    • Zhao WT, Wang YT, Huang ZW, Fang J.
    • Oncol Lett. 2013 Jun;5(6):1948-1954. Epub 2013 Mar 22.
    • BRCA1 mutations and luminal-basal transformation.
    • Ng T, Irshad S, Stebbing J.
    • Oncogene. 2013 May 30;32(22):2712-4. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.379. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
    • Comment

    Germline mutation of Brca1 alters the fate of mammary luminal cells and causes luminal-to-basal mammary tumor transformation.

    • Germline mutation of Brca1 alters the fate of mammary luminal cells and causes luminal-to-basal mammary tumor transformation.
    • Bai F, Smith MD, Chan HL, Pei XH.
    • Oncogene. 2013 May 30;32(22):2715-25. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.293. Epub 2012 Jul 9.

    Comment:

    BRCA1 mutations and luminal-basal transformation.

    • Palb2 synergizes with Trp53 to suppress mammary tumor formation in a model of inherited breast cancer.
    • Bowman-Colin C, Xia B, Bunting S, Klijn C, Drost R, Bouwman P, Fineman L, Chen X, Culhane AC, Cai H, Rodig SJ, Bronson RT, Jonkers J, Nussenzweig A, Kanellopoulou C, Livingston DM.
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    • Function of BRCA1 in the DNA damage response is mediated by ADP-ribosylation.
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    • Review
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    • Letter
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    Commentary:

    Mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors--three and counting.

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    • Review
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    • Review
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    Comment:

    Tracking evolution of BRCA1-associated breast cancer.

    • BRCA1 promoter methylation in peripheral blood DNA was identified in sporadic breast cancer and controls.
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    • Review
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    • Commentary

    Mutation of a single allele of the cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 leads to genomic instability in human breast epithelial cells.

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    • Promoter hypermethylation patterns in fallopian tube epithelium of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germ line mutation carriers.
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    Comment:

    Epigenetic modification and cancer: mark or stamp?

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    • CDDO-methyl ester delays breast cancer development in BRCA1-mutated mice.
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