Drugging p53 in cancer: one protein, many targets

O Hassin, M Oren - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Mutations in the TP53 tumour suppressor gene are very frequent in cancer, and attempts to
restore the functionality of p53 in tumours as a therapeutic strategy began decades ago …

Targeting p53 pathways: mechanisms, structures, and advances in therapy

H Wang, M Guo, H Wei, Y Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
The TP53 tumor suppressor is the most frequently altered gene in human cancers, and has
been a major focus of oncology research. The p53 protein is a transcription factor that can …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in tumor biology

X Tong, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Y Zhao, X Yu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for explaining the precise spatial
and temporal regulation in living cells. LLPS compartmentalizes proteins and nucleic acids …

Targeting biomolecular condensation and protein aggregation against cancer

JL Silva, D Foguel, VF Ferreira, TCRG Vieira… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, membrane-less entities arising from liquid–liquid phase
separation, hold dichotomous roles in health and disease. Alongside their physiological …

Targeting mutant p53 for efficient cancer therapy

VJN Bykov, SE Eriksson, J Bianchi… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The tumour suppressor gene TP53 is the most frequently mutated gene in cancer. Wild-type
p53 can suppress tumour development by multiple pathways. However, mutation of TP53 …

Protein phase separation: a new phase in cell biology

S Boeynaems, S Alberti, NL Fawzi, T Mittag… - Trends in cell …, 2018 - cell.com
Cellular compartments and organelles organize biological matter. Most well-known
organelles are separated by a membrane boundary from their surrounding milieu. There are …

A dominant-negative effect drives selection of TP53 missense mutations in myeloid malignancies

S Boettcher, PG Miller, R Sharma, M McConkey… - Science, 2019 - science.org
TP53, which encodes the tumor suppressor p53, is the most frequently mutated gene in
human cancer. The selective pressures shaping its mutational spectrum, dominated by …

The activities of amyloids from a structural perspective

R Riek, DS Eisenberg - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The aggregation of proteins into structures known as amyloids is observed in many
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Amyloids are composed of …

The p53 pathway: origins, inactivation in cancer, and emerging therapeutic approaches

AC Joerger, AR Fersht - Annual review of biochemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Inactivation of the transcription factor p53, through either direct mutation or aberrations in
one of its many regulatory pathways, is a hallmark of virtually every tumor. In recent years …

Self-propagation of pathogenic protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases

M Jucker, LC Walker - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
For several decades scientists have speculated that the key to understanding age-related
neurodegenerative disorders may be found in the unusual biology of the prion diseases …