The p53 gene is a tumor suppressor gene that plays a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of the genome. p53 is mutated or part of its regulatory circuit is functionally inactivated in almost all cancers, which highlights its importance in preventing tumorigenesis. The p53 protein is a sequence-specific DNAbinding transcription factor that is kept at a low level in cells under normal cir...

Tumor suppressor function can be modulated by subtle variation of expression levels, proper cellular compartmentalization and post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, acetylation and sumoylation. The non-genomic loss of function of tumor suppressors offers a challenging therapeutic opportunity. The reactivation of a tumor suppressor could indeed promote selective apoptosis of ...

The protein p53 is a critical tumor suppressor, as demonstrated by its frequent mutation in human cancers. Overexpression of the wild-type form of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in human cancer cell lines has been shown to lead to either cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. A study of two Li-Fraumeni syndrome-derived p53 hinge domain mutants shows that both mutants retain the ability to arrest cell g...

p53 protein is a well-known tumor suppressor factor that regulates cellular homeostasis. As it has several and key functions exerted, p53 is known as "the guardian of the genome" and either loss of function or gain of function mutations in the TP53 coding protein sequence are involved in cancer onset and progression. The Hippo pathway is a key regulator of developmental and regenerative physiol...

Tumor suppressor genes are generally viewed as being recessive at the cellular level, so that mutation or loss of both tumor suppressor alleles is a prerequisite for tumor formation. The tumor suppressor gene, p53, is mutated in approximately 50% of human sporadic cancers and in an inherited cancer predisposition (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). We have analyzed the status of the wild-type p53 allele in...

statement of problem: odontogenic keratocysts (okc) make up 10-12% of all developmental cysts with dental origin. okcs are classified into parakeratotic and orthokeratotic types, with completely different clinical features. in order to investigate biological behavior of okcs, an immunohistochemical study was designed, using ki-67 antigen as proliferation marker and p53 protein as tumor suppress...

The tumor suppressor protein p53 is a multifunctional transcription factor involved in the control of cell cycle progression, DNA integrity, and cell survival. p53 is mutated in half of all tumors and has a wide spectrum of mutation types. p53 mutants show different degrees of dominance over coexpressed wild-type p53, and loss of the wild-type p53 allele has been observed frequently. Several p5...

p53 is a tumor suppressor protein whose function is frequently lost in cancers through missense mutations within the Tp53 gene. This results in the expression of point-mutated p53 proteins that have both lost wild-type tumor suppressor activity and show gain of functions that contribute to transformation and metastasis. Here, we show that mutant p53 expression can promote invasion, loss of dire...