p21 produces a bioactive secretome that places stressed cells under immunosurveillance

I Sturmlechner, C Zhang, CC Sine, EJ van Deursen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Complex multicellular organisms are subject to a myriad of cellular
stresses, which can be managed through cell-intrinsic adaptation and repair mechanisms …

Viral strategies for circumventing p53: The case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

CM Cardozo, P Hainaut - Current Opinion in Oncology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Summary p53 may operate as an intracellular antiviral defense mechanism. To circumvent it,
SARS viruses adopt a kidnap and exploit strategy also shared by several viruses with …

Life and death decision-making by p53 and implications for cancer immunotherapy

Y Liu, PL Leslie, Y Zhang - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
The tumor-suppressor protein p53 is mutated in approximately half of all cancers, whereas
the p53 signaling network is perturbed in almost all cancers. In response to different stress …

Pharmacologic activation of p53 triggers viral mimicry response thereby abolishing tumor immune evasion and promoting antitumor immunity

X Zhou, M Singh, G Sanz Santos, V Guerlavais… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
The repression of repetitive elements is an important facet of p53's function as a guardian of
the genome. Paradoxically, we found that p53 activated by MDM2 inhibitors induced the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring markers of exhausted CD8 T cells to predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

CL Hsu, DL Ou, LY Bai, CW Chen, L Lin, SF Huang… - Liver cancer, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Reversal of CD8 T-cell exhaustion was considered a major antitumor
mechanism of anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD …

[HTML][HTML] Induced phase separation of mutant NF2 imprisons the cGAS-STING machinery to abrogate antitumor immunity

F Meng, Z Yu, D Zhang, S Chen, H Guan, R Zhou… - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Missense mutations of the tumor suppressor Neurofibromin 2 (NF2/Merlin/schwannomin)
result in sporadic to frequent occurrences of tumorigenesis in multiple organs. However, the …

WSX1 act as a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma by downregulating neoplastic PD-L1 expression

M Wu, X Xia, J Hu, NW Fowlkes, S Li - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
WSX1, a receptor subunit for IL-27, is widely expressed in immune cells and closely
involved in immune response, but its function in nonimmune cells remains unknown. Here …

First in class dual MDM2/MDMX inhibitor ALRN-6924 enhances antitumor efficacy of chemotherapy in TP53 wild-type hormone receptor-positive breast cancer …

S Pairawan, M Zhao, E Yuca, A Annis, K Evans… - Breast Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
Background MDM2/MDMX proteins are frequently elevated in hormone receptor-positive
(ER+) breast cancer. We sought to determine the antitumor efficacy of the combination of …

Comprehensive analyses reveal TKI-induced remodeling of the tumor immune microenvironment in EGFR/ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer

Y Fang, Y Wang, D Zeng, S Zhi, T Shu, N Huang… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) play a pivotal role in the treatment of non-small-cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) with mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and …

[HTML][HTML] Computational and network pharmacology analysis of bioflavonoids as possible natural antiviral compounds in COVID-19

R Patil, R Chikhale, P Khanal, N Gurav… - Informatics in medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioflavonoids are the largest group of plant-derived polyphenolic compounds with diverse
biological potential and have also been proven efficacious in the treatment of Severe Acute …