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SUBMITTER: Borgini M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20230424 5
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) plays a key role in repairing DNA damage, and several PARP inhibitors have been approved as treatments in BRCA1/2 mutated breast and ovarian cancers. Mounting evidence also supports their application as neuroprotective agents since PARP overactivation compromises the mitochondrial homeostasis by consumption of NAD<sup>+</sup> reserves, leading to an increase in reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and a spike in intracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> levels. Herein, we ...[more]