Metabolic functions of the tumor suppressor p53: Implications in normal physiology, metabolic disorders, and cancer

M Lacroix, R Riscal, G Arena, LK Linares… - Molecular metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The TP53 gene is one of the most commonly inactivated tumor suppressors in
human cancers. p53 functions during cancer progression have been linked to a variety of …

Functions of p53 in pluripotent stem cells

X Fu, S Wu, B Li, Y Xu, J Liu - Protein & Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are capable of unlimited self-renewal in culture and
differentiation into all functional cell types in the body, and thus hold great promise for …

Melatonin protects mouse testes from palmitic acid‐induced lipotoxicity by attenuating oxidative stress and DNA damage in a SIRT1‐dependent manner

D Xu, L Liu, Y Zhao, L Yang, J Cheng… - Journal of Pineal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Palmitic acid (PA), the main component of dietary saturated fat, has been known to increase
in patients with obesity, and PA‐induced lipotoxicity may contribute to obesity‐related male …

Tumor suppressor p53: from engaging DNA to target gene regulation

MA Sammons, TAT Nguyen, SS McDade… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The p53 transcription factor confers its potent tumor suppressor functions primarily through
the regulation of a large network of target genes. The recent explosion of next generation …

Reprogramming and remodeling: transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of salicylic acid-mediated plant defense

J Chen, M Clinton, G Qi, D Wang, F Liu… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
As a plant hormone, salicylic acid (SA) plays essential roles in plant defense against
biotrophic and hemibiotrophic pathogens. Significant progress has been made in …

Taurine protects against cardiac dysfunction induced by pressure overload through SIRT1–p53 activation

J Liu, Y Ai, X Niu, F Shang, Z Li, H Liu, W Li… - Chemico-biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Heart failure (HF) is an epidemic disease with increased incidence annually. It
has been reported that taurine can improve cardiac function. This study investigated the …

Multifaceted roles of TRIM proteins in colorectal carcinoma

W Eberhardt, K Haeussler, U Nasrullah… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed tumor in humans and one
of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. The pathogenesis of CRC …

p53-PHLDA3-Akt network: the key regulators of neuroendocrine tumorigenesis

Y Chen, R Ohki - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
p53 is a well-known tumor suppressor gene and one of the most extensively studied genes
in cancer research. p53 functions largely as a transcription factor and can trigger a variety of …

Effects of mycoplasmas on the host cell signaling pathways

SN Borchsenius, IE Vishnyakov, OA Chernova… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mycoplasmas are the smallest free-living organisms. Reduced sizes of their genomes put
constraints on the ability of these bacteria to live autonomously and make them highly …

The RNF20/40 complex regulates p53-dependent gene transcription and mRNA splicing

C Wu, Y Cui, X Liu, F Zhang, LY Lu… - Journal of molecular cell …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract p53 is a key transcription factor to regulate gene transcription. However, the
molecular mechanism of chromatin-associated p53 on gene transcription remains elusive …