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Glioblastoma multiforme: the role of DSB repair between genotype and phenotype

Oncogene volume 26, pages 7809–7815 (2007)Cite this article

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Glioblastoma is the most frequent primary brain tumor in adults. The average survival time of less than 1 year did not improve notably over the last three decades. The dismal prognosis of glioblastoma patients is largely due to the striking radioresistance of this tumor. Here, we attempt a combined view on the genetics, the repair mechanisms and the radioresistance of glioblastoma. Specifically, we address the role of DNA-PKcs and the novel potential end-joining factor KUB3 in maintaining the radioresistant phenotype, the interrelationship between genetic lesions and repair mechanisms, and new perspectives that emerge from the identification of glioblastoma stem cells.

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Studies on gene amplification and KUB3 (XRCC6BP1) were supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Fi 664, 1-2).

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Fischer, U., Meese, E. Glioblastoma multiforme: the role of DSB repair between genotype and phenotype. Oncogene 26, 7809–7815 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1210878

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