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p53: at the crossroad between cancer and ageing.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2007
Papazoglu C, Mills A A
Abstract excerpt
The p53 tumour suppressor plays an undisputed role in cancer. p53's tumour suppressive activity stems from its ability to respond to a variety of stresses to trigger cell cycle arrest, apoptosis or senescence, thereby protecting against malignant transformation. An increasing body of evidence suggests that p53 also drives organismal ageing. Although genetic models with altered p53 function display age-related...
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