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Contribution of p53 to metastasis.
Cancer discovery - 1 Apr 2014
Powell Emily, Piwnica-Worms David, Piwnica-Worms Helen
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The tumor suppressor p53 is lost or mutated in about half of all human cancers, and in those tumors in which it is wild-type, mechanisms exist to prevent its activation. p53 loss not only prevents incipient tumor cells from undergoing oncogene-induced senescence and apoptosis, but also perturbs cell-cycle checkpoints. This enables p53-deficient tumor cells with DNA damage to continue cycling, creating...
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