Research on the influence of APOBEC family on the occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of various tumors

Background Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide (APOBEC) is a family of highly efficient cytidine deaminase enzymes. APOBECs have been proven to deaminate cytidine on single-stranded DNA or RNA. Inducing the deamination of cytosine on the target gene into uracil, which exerts a variety of physiological functions, plays an important role in innate immunity, adaptive immunity, and antiviral. As the research progresses, APOBECs have been confirmed to be highly expressed in a variety of tumors, causing abnormal mutations in host genes, leading to inactivation of tumor suppressor genes or activation of proto-oncogenes, and their role in tumor development and as diagnostic and treatment markers gradually be found. Conclusion This article will review the mechanism of APOBECs and their impact on tumor occurrence, development, diagnosis, and treatment, and provide a theoretical basis for future tumor treatment.

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This article reviews the mechanism of APOBECs and their impact on tumor occurrence, development, diagnosis, and treatment, providing a theoretical basis for future tumor treatment.