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p53 restoration kills primitive leukemia cells in vivo and increases survival of leukemic mice.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2013
Velasco-Hernández Talía, Vicente-Dueñas Carolina, Sánchez-García Isidro, Martin-Zanca Dionisio
Abstract excerpt
Loss of p53 function is a common feature of human cancers and it is required for differentiated tumor cell maintenance; however, it is not known whether sustained inactivation of the p53 pathway is needed for cancer stem cell persistence. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is caused by a chromosome translocation that generates the BCRABL oncogene encoding a constitutively active protein tyrosine kinase. The disease...
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