2017
DNA polymerase beta participates in DNA End-joining
Ray S, Breuer G, DeVeaux M, Zelterman D, Bindra R, Sweasy JB. DNA polymerase beta participates in DNA End-joining. Nucleic Acids Research 2017, 46: 242-255. PMID: 29161447, PMCID: PMC5758893, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-strand breaksAlternative NHEJHomologous recombinationDNA polymerasePol βX-family DNA polymerasesFamily DNA polymerasesDNA polymerase betaDNA pol βDeleterious lesionsDNA endsGenomic instabilityNHEJ pathwayDNA proteinProcessing enzymesDefective repairCellular sensitivityCell deathStrand breaksPolymerase betaSubunit inhibitorPolymeraseSmall deletionsMechanistic insightsNHEJLocal DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas
King AR, Corso CD, Chen EM, Song E, Bongiorni P, Chen Z, Sundaram RK, Bindra RS, Saltzman WM. Local DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2017, 16: 1456-1469. PMID: 28566437, PMCID: PMC5545124, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasPoor blood-brain barrier penetrationLocal disease progressionBlood-brain barrier penetrationEffect of radiotherapyIntrinsic pontine gliomaTreatment of glioblastomaMol Cancer TherCranial radiationDosing schedulesMultimodal treatmentIntracranial gliomasDisease progressionExtracranial tumorsPontine gliomaAggressive phenotypeRadiotherapy approachesGliomasMinimal toxicityRadiotherapyGlioblastomaBarrier penetrationTreatmentRadiosensitizerChemotherapy
2014
Development of a novel method to create double-strand break repair fingerprints using next-generation sequencing
Soong CP, Breuer GA, Hannon RA, Kim SD, Salem AF, Wang G, Yu R, Carriero NJ, Bjornson R, Sundaram RK, Bindra RS. Development of a novel method to create double-strand break repair fingerprints using next-generation sequencing. DNA Repair 2014, 26: 44-53. PMID: 25547252, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomologous recombinationNHEJ repairChromosomal lociDSB repair pathway choiceDNA double-strand break repairEndogenous chromosomal locusEfficient DNA double-strand break repairDouble-strand break repairDSB repair proteinsRepair pathway choiceDNA damaging agentsSequencing-based approachesDSB repair activityNext-generation sequencing-based approachChromatin interactionsGenomic integrityDSB repairMammalian cellsNext-generation sequencingBreak repairPathway choiceRepair proteinsReporter geneDamaging agentsRepair assays