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ATM signalling and cancer

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ATM, the protein kinase mutated in the rare human disease ataxia telangiectasia (A-T), has been the focus of intense scrutiny over the past two decades. Initially this was because of the unusual radiosensitive phenotype of cells from A-T patients, and latterly because investigating ATM signalling has yielded valuable insights into the DNA damage response, redox signalling and cancer. With the recent explosion in genomic data, ATM alterations have been revealed both in the germline as a predisposing factor for cancer and as somatic changes in tumours themselves. Here we review these findings, as well as advances in the understanding of ATM signalling mechanisms in cancer and ATM inhibition as a strategy for cancer treatment.

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We thank N. Kanu for comments on the manuscript. We apologise to colleagues whose work was not cited due to space considerations. This work was supported by an ERC Grant (281661 ATMINDDR) to AB. The London Research Institute is supported by Cancer Research UK.

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