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Novel cancer therapy by reactivation of the p53 apoptosis pathway.
Annals of medicine - 1 Jan 2003
Bykov Vladimir J N, Wiman Klas G
Abstract excerpt
The p53 transcription factor prevents tumor development through induction of cell cycle arrest and cell death by apoptosis. As many as several hundred genes or more are regulated by p53. Around half of all human tumors carry p53 mutation, mostly point mutations that abrogate p53's specific DNA binding and transactivation activity. p53 mutation is associated with poor therapeutic response and prognosis. Tumors...
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