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Therapeutic targeting of p53: all mutants are equal, but some mutants are more equal than others.
Nature reviews. Clinical oncology - 1 Jan 2018
Sabapathy Kanaga, Lane David P
Abstract excerpt
TP53, which encodes the tumour-suppressor protein p53, is the most frequently mutated gene across all cancer types. The presence of mutant p53 predisposes to cancer development, promotes the survival of cancer cells, and is associated with ineffective therapeutic responses and unfavourable prognoses. Despite these effects, no drug that abrogates the oncogenic functions of mutant p53 has yet been approved for the...
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