title: Linking DNA Damage and Hormone Signaling Pathways in Cancer.
abstract: DNA damage response and repair (DDR) is a tightly controlled process that serves as a barrier to tumorigenesis. Consequently, DDR is frequently altered in human malignancy, and can be exploited for therapeutic gain either through molecularly targeted therapies or as a consequence of therapeutic agents that induce genotoxic stress. In select tumor types, steroid hormones and cognate receptors serve as major drivers of tumor development/progression, and as such are frequently targets of therapeutic intervention. Recent evidence suggests that the existence of crosstalk mechanisms linking the DDR machinery and hormone signaling pathways cooperate to influence both cancer progression and therapeutic response. These underlying mechanisms and their implications for cancer management will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schiewer
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: karen.knudsen@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms; D020239:Receptor Cross-Talk; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
keywords: DNA repair; cancer; hormones; nuclear receptor; transcription