Uncovering the role of p53 splice variants in human malignancy: a clinical perspective

S Surget, MP Khoury, JC Bourdon - OncoTargets and therapy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Thirty-five years of research on p53 gave rise to more than 68,000 articles and reviews, but
did not allow the uncovering of all the mysteries that this major tumor suppressor holds. How …

IRES trans-acting factors, key actors of the stress response

AC Godet, F David, F Hantelys, F Tatin… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The cellular stress response corresponds to the molecular changes that a cell undergoes in
response to various environmental stimuli. It induces drastic changes in the regulation of …

Directed elimination of senescent cells by inhibition of BCL-W and BCL-XL

R Yosef, N Pilpel, R Tokarsky-Amiel, A Biran… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Senescent cells, formed in response to physiological and oncogenic stresses, facilitate
protection from tumourigenesis and aid in tissue repair. However, accumulation of such cells …

ERα is an RNA-binding protein sustaining tumor cell survival and drug resistance

Y Xu, P Huangyang, Y Wang, L Xue, E Devericks… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Estrogen receptor α (ERα) is a hormone receptor and key driver for over 70% of breast
cancers that has been studied for decades as a transcription factor. Unexpectedly, we …

Systematic discovery of cap-independent translation sequences in human and viral genomes

S Weingarten-Gabbay, S Elias-Kirma, R Nir… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The recruitment of the ribosome to a specific mRNA is a critical step in the
production of proteins in cells. In addition to a general recognition of the “cap” structure at …

Protein synthesis control in cancer: selectivity and therapeutic targeting

JR Kovalski, D Kuzuoglu‐Ozturk, D Ruggero - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Translational control of mRNAs is a point of convergence for many oncogenic signals
through which cancer cells tune protein expression in tumorigenesis. Cancer cells rely on …

A widespread alternate form of cap-dependent mRNA translation initiation

C de la Parra, A Ernlund, A Alard, K Ruggles… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Translation initiation of most mammalian mRNAs is mediated by a 5′ cap structure that
binds eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E). However, inactivation of eIF4E does not impair …

p53 isoforms: key regulators of the cell fate decision

SM Joruiz, JC Bourdon - Cold Spring …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
It is poorly understood how a single protein, p53, can be responsive to so many stress
signals and orchestrates very diverse cell responses to maintain/restore cell/tissue functions …

More than just scanning: the importance of cap-independent mRNA translation initiation for cellular stress response and cancer

R Lacerda, J Menezes, L Romão - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
The scanning model for eukaryotic mRNA translation initiation states that the small
ribosomal subunit, along with initiation factors, binds at the cap structure at the 5′ end of …

Cap-independent translation: what's in a name?

IN Shatsky, IM Terenin, VV Smirnova… - Trends in biochemical …, 2018 - cell.com
Eukaryotic translation initiation relies on the m 7 G cap present at the 5′ end of all mRNAs.
Some viral mRNAs employ alternative mechanisms of initiation based on internal ribosome …