In Tacconi et al . they discovered that chlorambucil, an alkylating agent in clinical use for the treatment of leukemia, has a high therapeutic potential against BRCA1/2-mutated tumours. Importantly, while being equally effective as cisplatin against this tumour subset, chlorambucil showed significantly lower overall toxicity.
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https://www.embopress.org/lookup/doi/10.15252/emmm.201809982
In Reisländer et al. they demonstrated that loss of BRCA2 leads to activation of the cGAS-STING pathway which results in a cell-intrinsic type I interferon response. Importantly, this innate immune response in BRCA2-deficient cells is potentiated by treatment with PARP inhibitors.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11048-5