<i>CHEK2</i> Germline Variants in Cancer Predisposition: Stalemate Rather than Checkmate

Germline alterations in many genes coding for proteins regulating DNA repair and DNA damage response (DDR) to DNA double-strand breaks (DDSB) have been recognized as pathogenic factors in hereditary cancer predisposition. The ATM-CHEK2-p53 axis has been documented as a backbone for DDR and hypothesi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lenka Stolarova, Petra Kleiblova, Marketa Janatova, Jana Soukupova, Petra Zemankova, Libor Macurek, Zdenek Kleibl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Cells
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/12/2675