Detoxifying chemotherapy with genetics-guided stem cell modeling: A personalized affair

Cell Stem Cell. 2021 Dec 2;28(12):2039-2040. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.11.006.

Abstract

Doxorubicin chemotherapy causes cardiotoxicity in some patients and spares others. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Magdy et al. (2021) use genome-edited iPSCs to establish a common RARG coding variant as a causal risk factor, pointing to a pharmacogenomic application and to RARG-targeting treatments to protect patients from cardiotoxicity.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cardiotoxicity*
  • Doxorubicin
  • Humans
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells*
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Doxorubicin