The present invention provides a method for treating or preventing cancer in a subject wherein the subject is identified as having a BRCA2-/- and/or PALB2-/- mutation comprising: a) obtaining a sample from a subject; b) analyzing the sample for the presence of a BRCA2-/- and/or PALB2-/- mutation; c) administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an C1-C6 aldehyde or prodrug or derivative thereof when the analysis of the sample of b) indicates the subject has a BRCA2-/- and/or PALB2-/- mutation. In addition, the use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an C1-C6 aldehyde or prodrug or derivative thereof, and/or an aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor is also provided for treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject is identified as having a BRCA2 -/- and/or PALB2 -/- mutation. Also provided herein is an isolated human adenocarcinoma cell line genetically modified to have a biallelic disruption of the PALB2 gene, and methods for identifying a compound or small molecule that modulates a function of a cancer cell or population of cells genetically modified to have a biallelic disruption of the PALB2 gene are also provided.
本发明提供了一种用于治疗或预防患有BRCA2-/-和/或PALB2-/-突变的受试者的癌症的方法,包括:a)从受试者获取样品;b)分析样品以检测BRCA2-/-和/或PALB2-/-突变的存在;c)在b)的样品分析表明受试者具有BRCA2-/-和/或PALB2-/-突变时向受试者施用C1-C6醛或其前药或衍
生物的治疗有效剂量。此外,还提供了一种制药组合物的用途,其包括治疗有效量的C1-C6醛或其前药或衍
生物,和/或
醛脱氢酶抑制剂,用于治疗患有BRCA2-/-和/或PALB2-/-突变的受试者的癌症。此外,还提供了一种经
基因改造具有PALB2
基因双等位
基因破坏的孤立人类腺癌
细胞系,以及用于识别调节经
基因改造具有PALB2
基因双等位
基因破坏的癌细胞或细胞种群的功能的化合物或小分子的方法。