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Anticancer effects of the p53 activator nutlin-3 in Ewing's sarcoma cells.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jun 2011
Sonnemann Jürgen, Palani Chithra D, Wittig Susan, Becker Sabine, Eichhorn Friederike, Voigt Astrid, Beck James F
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of p53 is rare in Ewing's sarcoma (ES), suggesting that targeting and activation of wild-type p53 may be an effective therapeutic strategy for ES. The recently developed small-molecule MDM2 inhibitor nutlin-3 restores wild-type p53 function, resulting in the inhibition of cancer cell growth and the induction of apoptosis. In the present study, we explored the responsiveness of ES cell lines with...
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