申请人:University of Virginia Patent Foundation
公开号:US20220168329A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
Described herein are methods for inhibiting protein arginine methyltransferase activity to create conditional vulnerability in tumors, thereby enhancing the effects of DNA damaging agents, methods of inhibiting tumor growth and/or reducing the volume of tumors using the same, and pharmaceutical compositions useful for carrying out the disclosed methods. In a further aspect, the methods and compositions disclosed herein exhibit synthetic lethality to tumor cells but produce few side effects.