A glance of p53 functions in brain development, neural stem cells, and brain cancer

Y Xiong, Y Zhang, S Xiong, AE Williams-Villalobo - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
p53 is one of the most intensively studied tumor suppressors. It transcriptionally regulates a
broad range of genes to modulate a series of cellular events, including DNA damage repair …

p53 in the CNS: perspectives on development, stem cells, and cancer

SM Mendrysa, S Ghassemifar, R Malek - Genes & Cancer, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The p53 tumor suppressor potently limits the growth of immature and mature neurons under
conditions of cellular stress. Although loss of p53 function contributes to the pathogenesis of …

p53 and brain tumors: from gene mutations to gene therapy

G Fulci, N Ishii, EG Van Meir - Brain pathology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The p53 tumor suppressor gene (TP53) is the most frequently altered gene in human cancer
and is also found mutated in several types of brain tumors. Loss of p53 function plays a …

Emerging roles of p53 in glial cell function in health and disease

JD Jebelli, C Hooper, GA Garden, JM Pocock - Glia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence suggests that p53, a tumor suppressor protein primarily involved in
cancer biology, coordinates a wide range of novel functions in the CNS including the …

p53 and the CNS: tumors and developmental abnormalities

G Fulci, EG Van Meir - Molecular neurobiology, 1999 - Springer
This article reviews the recent molecular and clinical studies that characterize the role of p53
in pathologies of the central nervous system, p53 has many important biological functions …

p53 in neurodegenerative diseases and brain cancers

F Checler, CA da Costa - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
More than thirty years elapsed since a protein, not yet called p53 at the time, was detected to
bind SV40 during viral infection. Thousands of papers later, p53 evolved as the main tumor …

The role of p53 in human cancer

D Malkin - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2001 - Springer
In the two decades since its original discovery, p53 has found a singularly prominent place
in our understanding of human cancer. Although the biochemistry of p53 has been worked …

Novel perspectives on p53 function in neural stem cells and brain tumors

SM Hede, I Nazarenko, M Nistér… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant glioma is the most common brain tumor in adults and is associated with a very
poor prognosis. Mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene are frequently detected in …

p53 pathway alterations in brain tumors

S Yin, EG Van Meir - CNS Cancer: Models, Markers, Prognostic Factors …, 2009 - Springer
Mutations in the TP53 gene or the p53 pathway are required for the formation of many
human cancers, including brain tumors. The p53 protein is a multi-modal tumor suppressor …

The non‐apoptotic role of p53 in neuronal biology: enlightening the dark side of the moon

A Tedeschi, S Di Giovanni - EMBO reports, 2009 - embopress.org
The transcription factor p53 protects neurons from transformation and DNA damage through
the induction of cell‐cycle arrest, DNA repair and apoptosis in a range of in vitro and in vivo …