Purine metabolism regulates DNA repair and therapy resistance in glioblastoma

oleh: Weihua Zhou, Yangyang Yao, Andrew J. Scott, Kari Wilder-Romans, Joseph J. Dresser, Christian K. Werner, Hanshi Sun, Drew Pratt, Peter Sajjakulnukit, Shuang G. Zhao, Mary Davis, Barbara S. Nelson, Christopher J. Halbrook, Li Zhang, Francesco Gatto, Yoshie Umemura, Angela K. Walker, Maureen Kachman, Jann N. Sarkaria, Jianping Xiong, Meredith A. Morgan, Alnawaz Rehemtualla, Maria G. Castro, Pedro Lowenstein, Sriram Chandrasekaran, Theodore S. Lawrence, Costas A. Lyssiotis, Daniel R. Wahl

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01

Deskripsi

Targeting genotype-independent abnormalities may overcome therapy resistance in glioblastoma despite intratumoral genomic heterogeneity. Here, the authors show that glioblastoma radiation resistance is promoted by purine metabolism and can be overcome by inhibitors of purine synthesis.