Role of p53 in cell death and human cancers

T Ozaki, A Nakagawara - Cancers, 2011 - mdpi.com
p53 is a nuclear transcription factor with a pro-apoptotic function. Since over 50% of human
cancers carry loss of function mutations in p53 gene, p53 has been considered to be one of …

The MYCN oncogene and differentiation in neuroblastoma

UK Westermark, M Wilhelm, A Frenzel… - Seminars in cancer …, 2011 - Elsevier
Childhood neuroblastoma exhibits a heterogeneous clinical behavior ranging from low-risk
tumors with the ability to spontaneously differentiate and regress, to high-risk tumors causing …

p73 in Cancer

A Rufini, M Agostini, F Grespi, R Tomasini… - Genes & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
p73 is a tumor suppressor belonging to the p53 family of transcription factors. Distinct
isoforms are transcribed from the p73 locus. The use of 2 promoters at the N-terminus allows …

p53: the attractive tumor suppressor in the cancer research field

T Ozaki, A Nakagawara - BioMed Research International, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
p53 is one of the most studied tumor suppressors in the cancer research field. Of note, over
50% of human tumors carry loss of function mutations, and thus p53 has been considered to …

Inducible COX-2-dependent apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells

C Lin, DR Crawford, S Lin, J Hwang, A Sebuyira… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Resveratrol is a naturally occurring trihydroxyl-diphenylethylene compound that has been
shown experimentally to have beneficial effects in the treatment of cancer and …

p53 superfamily proteins in marine bivalve cancer and stress biology

CW Walker, RJ Van Beneden, AF Muttray… - Advances in marine …, 2011 - Elsevier
The human p53 tumour suppressor protein is inactivated in many cancers and is also a
major player in apoptotic responses to cellular stress. The p53 protein and the two other …

COX-2 regulates the proliferation of glioma stem like cells

V Sharma, D Dixit, S Ghosh, E Sen - Neurochemistry international, 2011 - Elsevier
Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) possessing features of neural precursor cells (NPC) influence
initiation, recurrence and chemoresistance of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). As …

Cholesterol secosterol aldehydes induce amyloidogenesis and dysfunction of wild-type tumor protein p53

J Nieva, BD Song, JK Rogel, D Kujawara, L Altobel… - Chemistry & biology, 2011 - cell.com
Epidemiologic and clinical evidence points to an increased risk for cancer when coupled
with chronic inflammation. However, the molecular mechanisms that underpin this …

PERP expression stabilizes active p53 via modulation of p53-MDM2 interaction in uveal melanoma cells

L Davies, D Spiller, MRH White, I Grierson… - Cell death & …, 2011 - nature.com
The activation and regulation of target genes by the tumour-suppressor p53 dictates the fate
of a cell, with cell cycle arrest or apoptosis being two distinct outcomes. PERP (p53 …

P53 is transported into the nucleus via an Hsf1‐dependent nuclear localization mechanism

Q Li, JD Martinez - Molecular carcinogenesis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of p53 function can occur through disruption of its ability to localize to the nucleus.
Previously we showed through characterization a set of mutant cell lines that lacked the …