Therapy-induced APOBEC3A drives evolution of persistent cancer cells

H Isozaki, R Sakhtemani, A Abbasi, N Nikpour…�- Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Acquired drug resistance to anticancer targeted therapies remains an unsolved clinical
problem. Although many drivers of acquired drug resistance have been identified,,–, the�…

[HTML][HTML] The role of APOBEC3B in lung tumor evolution and targeted cancer therapy resistance

DR Caswell, P Gui, MK Mayekar, EK Law, O Pich…�- Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
In this study, the impact of the apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic subunit-like
(APOBEC) enzyme APOBEC3B (A3B) on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-driven�…

Addressing the benefits of inhibiting APOBEC3-dependent mutagenesis in cancer

M Petljak, AM Green, J Maciejowski, MD Weitzman�- Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Mutational signatures associated with apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic
polypeptide-like (APOBEC) 3 cytosine deaminase activity have been found in over half of�…

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of APOBEC3 mutagenesis in human cancer cells

M Petljak, A Dananberg, K Chu, EN Bergstrom…�- Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The APOBEC3 family of cytosine deaminases has been implicated in some of the most
prevalent mutational signatures in cancer,–. However, a causal link between endogenous�…

APOBEC enzymes: mutagenic fuel for cancer evolution and heterogeneity

C Swanton, N McGranahan, GJ Starrett, RS Harris�- Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
Deep sequencing technologies are revealing the complexities of cancer evolution, casting
light on mutational processes fueling tumor adaptation, immune escape, and treatment�…

Association of germline variants in the APOBEC3 region with cancer risk and enrichment with APOBEC-signature mutations in tumors

CD Middlebrooks, AR Banday, K Matsuda, KI Udquim…�- Nature�…, 2016 - nature.com
High rates of APOBEC-signature mutations are found in many tumors, but factors affecting
this mutation pattern are not well understood. Here we explored the contribution of two�…

The DNA cytosine deaminase APOBEC3B promotes tamoxifen resistance in ER-positive breast cancer

EK Law, AM Sieuwerts, K LaPara, B Leonard…�- Science�…, 2016 - science.org
Breast tumors often display extreme genetic heterogeneity characterized by hundreds of
gross chromosomal aberrations and tens of thousands of somatic mutations. Tumor�…

APOBEC3B mutagenesis in cancer

KJ Kuong, LA Loeb�- Nature genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Recent evidence has implicated APOBEC3B as a source of mutations in cervical, bladder,
lung, head and neck, and breast cancers. APOBEC enzymes normally function in innate�…

APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B activities render cancer cells susceptible to ATR inhibition

R Buisson, MS Lawrence, CH Benes, L Zou�- Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like APOBEC3A and
APOBEC3B have emerged as key mutation drivers in cancer. Here, we show that�…

[HTML][HTML] APOBEC3B-mediated corruption of the tumor cell immunopeptidome induces heteroclitic neoepitopes for cancer immunotherapy

CB Driscoll, MR Schuelke, T Kottke…�- Nature�…, 2020 - nature.com
APOBEC3B, an anti-viral cytidine deaminase which induces DNA mutations, has been
implicated as a mediator of cancer evolution and therapeutic resistance. Mutational plasticity�…