Kara A. Bernstein

Also affiliated with UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicine

Pilot corpus only

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Papers

Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Regulation and pharmacological targeting of RAD51 in cancer”.

Regulation and pharmacological targeting of RAD51 in cancer

NAR Cancer(2020)10.1093/narcan/zcaa024

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0.673DataRank · unranked

88 citations

Ronald J. Buckanovich, Kara A. Bernstein, McKenzie K. Grundy

Distinct pathways of homologous recombination controlled by the SWS1–SWSAP1–SPIDR complex

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-24205-6

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0.596DataRank · unranked

52 citations

Thomas Sandoval, Florian Morati, Jennifer A. Zagelbaum, Pei Xin Lim, Travis White +12 more

Role and Regulation of the RECQL4 Family during Genomic Integrity Maintenance

Genes(2021)10.3390/genes12121919

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0.546DataRank · unranked

37 citations

Kara A. Bernstein, Thong Luong

The human Shu complex promotes RAD51 activity by modulating RPA dynamics on ssDNA

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-51595-0

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Katherine G. Oppenheimer, Chelsea M. Smith, Matthew A. Schaich, Hayley L. Rein, Julieta Martino +8 more

Hrq1/RECQL4 regulation is critical for preventing aberrant recombination during DNA intrastrand crosslink repair and is upregulated in breast cancer

PLoS Genetics(2022)10.1371/journal.pgen.1010122

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0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Zheqi Li, Nolan Priedigkeit, Phoebe S. Parker, Stefanie Böhm, Kyle Rapchak +3 more

Unlicensed origin DNA melting by MCV and SV40 polyomavirus LT proteins is independent of ATP-dependent helicase activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2308010120

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0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Sabrina Toland, Lindsey R. Robinson‐McCarthy, Nara Lee, Matthew A. Schaich, Sarah R Hengel +6 more

The Shu complex prevents mutagenesis and cytotoxicity of single-strand specific alkylation lesions

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.68080

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Alexander J. Brown, Sarah R Hengel, Kyle Rapchak, Debra Mitchell, Catherine A. Pressimone +12 more

The Shu Complex Prevents Mutagenesis and Cytotoxicity of Single-Strand Specific Alkylation Lesions

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.04.09.439200

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Alexander J. Brown, Sarah R Hengel, Kyle Rapchak, Debra Mitchell, Catherine A. Pressimone +9 more

RAD51 paralog function in replicative DNA damage and tolerance

Current Opinion in Genetics & Development(2021)10.1016/j.gde.2021.06.010

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34 citations

Kara A. Bernstein, Robert A. Baldock, Hayley L. Rein

Structural insights into BCDX2 complex function in homologous recombination

Nature(2023)10.1038/s41586-023-06219-w

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0DataRank · unranked

52 citations

Lijia Jia, Aviv Meir, Shuo Zhou, Hardeep Kaur, Eliza A. Ruben +14 more

Distinct pathways of homologous recombination controlled by the SWS1-SWSAP1-SPIDR complex

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.15.098848

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Thomas Sandoval, Florian Morati, Jennifer A. Zagelbaum, Brett Taylor, Raymond Wang +10 more

Finding significance: New perspectives in variant classification of the RAD51 regulators, BRCA2 and beyond

DNA repair(2023)10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103563

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Kara A. Bernstein, Hayley L. Rein

MCM8IP activates the MCM8-9 helicase to promote DNA synthesis and homologous recombination upon DNA damage

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-16718-3

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0DataRank · unranked

64 citations

Ananya Acharya, Angelo Taglialatela, Tarun S. Nambiar, Raquel Cuella-Martin, Giuseppe Leuzzi +10 more

Variants in the first methionine of RAD51C are homologous recombination proficient due to an alternative start site

DNA repair(2024)10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103644

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Kara A. Bernstein, Hayley L. Rein

Genetic and physical interactions reveal overlapping and distinct contributions to meiotic double-strand break formation in C. elegans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.02.23.581796

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Fabiola Balmir, Nicola Silva, Wei Li, McKenzie K. Grundy, Dane K. Hoffman +6 more

Genetic and physical interactions reveal overlapping and distinct contributions to meiotic double-strand break formation in C. elegans

eLife(2024)10.7554/elife.96458

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Fabiola Balmir, Nicola Silva, Wei Li, McKenzie K. Grundy, Dane K. Hoffman +6 more

Reviewer #3 (Public Review): Genetic and physical interactions reveal overlapping and distinct contributions to meiotic double-strand break formation in C. elegans

(2024)10.7554/elife.96458.1.sa0

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Fabiola Balmir, Nicola Silva, Wei Li, McKenzie K. Grundy, Dane K. Hoffman +6 more

Comprehensive RAD51C ovarian cancer variant analysis uncouples homologous recombination and replicative functions

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-61283-2

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Yashpal Rawal, Anna L Palovcak-Lightbourn, Gayatri S. Ganesan, Phoebe S. Parker, Reagan A Russell +15 more

Specifications of the ACMG/AMP variant curation guidelines for the analysis of germline PALB2 sequence variants

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2025)10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.08.020

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4 citations

Megan F.H. Bishop, Megan Holdren, Miguel de la Hoya, Amanda B. Spurdle, Sean V. Tavtigian +15 more

Genetic and physical interactions reveal overlapping and distinct contributions to meiotic double-strand break formation in C. elegans

eLife(2025)10.7554/elife.96458.3

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1 citations

Fabiola Balmir, Nicola Silva, Wei Li, McKenzie K. Grundy, Dane K. Hoffman +6 more