“…NHEJ is divided into two pathways: classical NHEJ (c-NHEJ) and a-NHEJ 10. There is accumulating evidence that NHEJ dysregulation is a causative factor in many cancers, such as neuroblastoma 5, breast cancer 7, chronic myeloid leukemia 11, lung cancer 6, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 12, pancreatic cancer 13, and non-oral or squamous cell carcinoma 14. The a-NHEJ pathway participates in binding, cleavage, and ligation of DNA breaks and depends on PARP1, the MRN complex, LIG1, and LIG3, excluding several key genes of the c-NHEJ pathway.…”