title: ATM signalling and cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mammalian Genetics Lab, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cremona
authors.affiliation: Mammalian Genetics Lab, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behrens
mesh_terms: D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000235:genetics; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins