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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Inflammation-Driven Genomic Instability: A Pathway to Cancer Development and Therapy Resistance.

Nina Rembiałkowska, Zofia Kocik, Amelia Kłosińska, Maja Kübler, Agata Pałkiewicz, Weronika Rozmus, Mikołaj Sędzik, Helena Wojciechowska, Agnieszka Gajewska-Naryniecka

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nina RembiałkowskaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9435-9409
Zofia KocikFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Amelia KłosińskaFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Maja KüblerFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0003-9405-4615
Agata PałkiewiczFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Weronika RozmusFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Mikołaj SędzikFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-8751-5906
Helena WojciechowskaFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Agnieszka Gajewska-NarynieckaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0181-3850

Funding

Statutory Subsidy Funds of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology SUBZ.D260.25.027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation, while originally a protective physiological response, is increasingly recognized as a key contributor to carcinogenesis. Prolonged inflammatory signaling leads to the sustained production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), resulting in direct and indirect DNA damage, including base modifications, strand breaks, and DNA cross-linking. Simultaneously, pro-inflammatory mediators such as NF-κB, IL-6, and TNF-α can interfere with DNA repair mechanisms, altering the efficiency of key pathways such as base excision and mismatch repair. Immune cells infiltrating chronically inflamed tissues, including macrophages and neutrophils, further exacerbate genomic instability through ROS/RNS release and cytokine production, creating a tumor-promoting microenvironment. Additionally, chronic inflammation has been implicated in the development of resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy by modulating DNA damage response pathways. Understanding the interplay between inflammation, genomic instability, and therapy resistance provides a framework for novel treatment strategies. Targeting chronic inflammation with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, or biological agents such as monoclonal antibodies offers promising avenues for cancer prevention and treatment. Targeting inflammation with NSAIDs, corticosteroids, and monoclonal antibodies shows promise in cancer prevention and therapy, particularly in lung and pancreatic cancer. These agents act by blocking key inflammatory pathways like COX-2, NF-κB, and cytokine signaling. However, potential adverse effects require further clinical evaluation.

Indexed as

cancercancer developmentchronic inflammationcytokinesDNA damageimmune responseinflammatory signaling pathwaysreactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Identifiers

PMID41011273
PMCPMC12472738

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