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Review
. 2018 Oct 9;9(79):35008-35025.
doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26150.

Effect of therapies-mediated modulation of telomere and/or telomerase on cancer cells radiosensitivity

Ganiou Assani  1   2   3 , Yudi Xiong  1   2   3 , Fuxiang Zhou  1   2   3 , Yunfeng Zhou  1   2   3
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Review

Effect of therapies-mediated modulation of telomere and/or telomerase on cancer cells radiosensitivity

Ganiou Assani et al. Oncotarget. .

Abstract

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Many strategies of cancer treatment such as radiotherapy which plays a key role in cancer treatment are developed and used nowadays. However, the side effects post-cancer radiotherapy and cancer radioresistance are two major causes of the limitation of cancer radiotherapy effectiveness in the cancer patients. Moreover, reduction of the limitation of cancer radiotherapy effectiveness by reducing the side effects post-cancer radiotherapy and cancer radioresistance is the aim of several radiotherapy-oncologic teams. Otherwise, Telomere and telomerase are two cells components which play an important role in cancer initiation, cancer progression and cancer therapy resistance such as radiotherapy resistance. For resolving the problems of the limitation of cancer radiotherapy effectiveness especially the cancer radio-resistance problems, the radio-gene-therapy strategy which is the use of gene-therapy via modulation of gene expression combined with radiotherapy was developed and used as a new strategy to treat the patients with cancer. In this review, we summarized the information concerning the implication of telomere and telomerase modulation in cancer radiosensitivity.

Keywords: cancer cells; radiosensitivity; radiotherapy; telomerase; telomere.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Schema of telomere structure with shelterin complex (Telosome) and T-loop formation
Figure 2
Figure 2. Schematic diagram of link between therapies associated with telomere or telomerase modulation and Cancer Radiosensitivity
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