Synthetic Lethal Mutations
"Synthetic Lethal Mutations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Mutations in genes which lead to cell or organism death when occurring in combination with mutations in one or more other genes.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.917
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| Concept/Terms |
Synthetic Lethal Mutations- Synthetic Lethal Mutations
- Synthetic Lethal Mutation
- Lethal Mutation, Synthetic
- Lethal Mutations, Synthetic
- Mutation, Synthetic Lethal
- Mutations, Synthetic Lethal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synthetic Lethal Mutations" by people in Profiles.
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A multilineage screen identifies actionable synthetic lethal interactions in human cancers. Nat Genet. 2025 01; 57(1):154-164.
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SOD1 is a synthetic-lethal target in PPM1D-mutant leukemia cells. Elife. 2024 Jun 18; 12.
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DNA2 Nuclease Inhibition Confers Synthetic Lethality in Cancers with Mutant p53 and Synergizes with PARP Inhibitors. Cancer Res Commun. 2023 10 16; 3(10):2096-2112.
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CARM1 inhibition reduces histone acetyltransferase activity causing synthetic lethality in CREBBP/EP300-mutated lymphomas. Leukemia. 2020 12; 34(12):3269-3285.