Discovery of WRN inhibitor HRO761 with synthetic lethality in MSI cancers.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 26 07 2023
accepted: 26 03 2024
medline: 25 4 2024
pubmed: 25 4 2024
entrez: 24 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The Werner syndrome RecQ helicase WRN was identified as a synthetic lethal target in cancer cells with microsatellite instability (MSI) by several genetic screens

Identifiants

pubmed: 38658754
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07350-y
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07350-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Clemens Scheufler (C)

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Novartis BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.

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