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SUBMITTER: Bailis JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3812133 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bailis Julie M JM Gordon Marcia L ML Gurgel Jesse L JL Komor Alexis C AC Barton Jacqueline K JK Kirsch Ilan R IR
PloS one 20131029 10
The DNA mismatch repair system (MMR) maintains genome stability through recognition and repair of single-base mismatches and small insertion-deletion loops. Inactivation of the MMR pathway causes microsatellite instability and the accumulation of genomic mutations that can cause or contribute to cancer. In fact, 10-20% of certain solid and hematologic cancers are MMR-deficient. MMR-deficient cancers do not respond to some standard of care chemotherapeutics because of presumed increased tolerance ...[more]