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. 2019 Jul 26;10(8):565. doi: 10.3390/genes10080565

Figure 2.

Figure 2

PARP inhibitors (PARPi) reduce the catalytic activity of PARPs. In addition, PARPi trap PARP at the site of DNA damage by preventing PARP from detaching from DNA. Cytotoxic PARP-DNA complexes prevent replication fork from progressing and lead to cell death unless damage is repaired [32,36].