An evaluation of small-molecule p53 activators as chemoprotectants ameliorating adverse effects of anticancer drugs in normal cells

IMM van Leeuwen, B Rao, MCC Sachweh, S Laín - Cell cycle, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Pharmacological activation of wild-type p53 has been found to protect normal cells in culture
from cytotoxicity and nuclear aberrations caused by conventional cancer therapeutics …

Nongenotoxic p53 activation protects cells against S-phase–specific chemotherapy

D Kranz, M Dobbelstein - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP5 3 represent the most frequent genetic
difference between tumor cells and normal cells. Here, we have attempted to turn this …

Specific activation of the p53 pathway by low dose actinomycin D: a new route to p53 based cyclotherapy

ML Choong, H Yang, MA Lee, DP Lane - Cell cycle, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The activation of p53 has been proposed as a novel anti-cancer treatment in two distinct
contexts. In the first activation of p53 in tumor cells can promote apoptosis and senescence …

Wild-type p53 protects normal cells against apoptosis induced by thiostrepton

M Halasi, DP Schraufnagel, AL Gartel - Cell Cycle, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer cells are generally more sensitive to anticancer drugs than normal cells. This
provides the rationale for using anticancer drugs specifically against tumor cells, but the …

p53-Based cyclotherapy: exploiting the 'guardian of the genome'to protect normal cells from cytotoxic therapy

B Rao, S Lain, AM Thompson - British journal of cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Side effects of chemotherapy are a major impediment in the treatment of cancer.
Cyclotherapy is an emerging therapeutic strategy for protecting normal cells from the side …

Targeting p53 for novel anticancer therapy

Z Wang, Y Sun - Translational oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Carcinogenesis is a multistage process, involving oncogene activation and tumor
suppressor gene inactivation as well as complex interactions between tumor and host …

Chemoprotection from p53-dependent apoptosis: potential clinical applications of the p53 inhibitors

EA Komarova, AV Gudkov - Biochemical pharmacology, 2001 - Elsevier
The p53 tumor suppressor pathway is a key mediator of stress response that protects the
organism from accumulating genetically altered and potentially cancerous cells by inducing …

Pharmacological activation of p53 in cancer cells

M Athar, CA Elmets… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Tumor suppressor p53 is a transcription factor that regulates a large number of genes and
guards against genomic instability. Under multiple cellular stress conditions, p53 functions to …

p53-based cancer therapy

DP Lane, CF Cheok, S Lain - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Inactivation of p53 functions is an almost universal feature of human cancer cells. This has
spurred a tremendous effort to develop p53 based cancer therapies. Gene therapy using …

Activation of p53 by MDM2 antagonists can protect proliferating cells from mitotic inhibitors

D Carvajal, C Tovar, H Yang, BT Vu, DC Heimbrook… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Recent studies have shown that activation of cell cycle checkpoints can protect normal
proliferating cells from mitotic inhibitors by preventing their entry into mitosis. These studies …