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SUBMITTER: Pratz KW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041297 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pratz Keith W KW Koh Brian D BD Patel Anand G AG Flatten Karen S KS Poh Weijie W Herman James G JG Dilley Robert R Harrell Maria I MI Smith B Douglas BD Karp Judith E JE Swisher Elizabeth M EM McDevitt Michael A MA Kaufmann Scott H SH
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20160315 15
<h4>Purpose</h4>DNA repair defects have been previously reported in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). Inhibitors of PARP have shown activity in solid tumors with defects in homologous recombination (HR). This study was performed to assess MPN sensitivity to PARP inhibitors ex vivo<h4>Experimental design</h4>HR pathway integrity in circulating myeloid cells was evaluated by assessing the formation of RAD51 foci after treatment with ionizing radiation or PARP inhibitors. Sensitivity of MPN eryth ...[more]