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Table 1 Synthetic lethal gene pairs and associated cancers identified from genetic screens and functional studies

From: Synthetic lethality in cancer: a protocol for scoping review of gene interactions from synthetic lethal screens and functional studies

S. No.

Gene

Synthetic lethal partner

Cancer type

1

ARID1A

TEAD1

Hepatocellular carcinoma [32]

2

TSC2

STK11

Non-small cell lung cancer [17]

3

KDM5C

BAP1

Diverse cancers [17]

4

SMARCA4

ARID1A

Diverse cancers such as ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma [17]

5

SMARCA4

PTEN

Cowden syndrome, hamartomas, and other diverse cancers [17]

6

ARID1A

ARID1B

Neuroblastoma and other diverse cancers [17]

7

ARID1A

EZH2

Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other diverse cancers [17]

8

PTEN

CHD1

Cowden syndrome, hamartomas and other diverse cancers [17]

9

WEE1

ATR

Breast cancer [28, 30]

10

BRG1

PTEN

Prostate cancer [33]

11

WRN

MMR genes

Colon cancer [34]

12

TP53

MDM2

TP53 is a critical tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in more than half of the human cancers [25]

13

TP53

MYC

TP53 is a critical tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in more than half of the human cancers [31]

14

CCNE1

PKMYT1

High-grade serous ovarian cancer, uterine tumors, and gastro-oesophageal cancers [35]

15

BRCA1/2

CIP2A

BRCA1/2 mutated cancers such as breast and ovarian cancer [26]

16

BRCA2

APEX2 and FEN1

BRCA2 mutated cancers such as breast and ovarian cancer [36]

17

SF3B1

BRCA1/2

BRCA2 mutated cancers such as breast and ovarian cancer [28]

18

KRAS

NOP56

Lung cancer [29]