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SUBMITTER: Yelamos J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4760278 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yélamos José J Galindo Miguel M Navarro Judith J Albanell Joan J Rovira Ana A Rojo Federico F Oliver Javier J
Oncoimmunology 20150701 1
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become a successful therapeutic approach in cancer. However, some patients do not achieve long-term clinical benefit and most mAbs only exert modest effects as monotherapies. Therefore, combinations with chemotherapy are currently being investigated. Emerging studies have shown a synergistic therapeutic effect of PARP inhibitors and mAbs in cancer. PARP enzymes catalytically cleave β-NAD<sup>+</sup> and transfer the ADP-ribose moiety to acceptor proteins, modify ...[more]