Cancer stemness: p53 at the wheel

D Ghatak, D Das Ghosh, S Roychoudhury - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor suppressor p53 maintains an equilibrium between self-renewal and
differentiation to sustain a limited repertoire of stem cells for proper development and …

p53 family: role of protein isoforms in human cancer

J Wei, E Zaika, A Zaika - Journal of nucleic acids, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
TP53, TP63, and TP73 genes comprise the p53 family. Each gene produces protein
isoforms through multiple mechanisms including extensive alternative mRNA splicing …

Regulation of p53 tumor suppressor by Helicobacter pylori in gastric epithelial cells

J Wei, TA Nagy, A Vilgelm, E Zaika, SR Ogden… - Gastroenterology, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Infection with the gastric mucosal pathogen Helicobacter pylori is
the strongest identified risk factor for distal gastric cancer. These bacteria colonize a …

Isoforms of the p53 family and gastric cancer: a menage a trois for an unfinished affair

A Blanchet, A Bourgmayer, JE Kurtz, G Mellitzer… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The p53 family is a complex family of transcription factors with different
cellular functions that are involved in several physiological processes. A massive amount of …

p73: From the p53 shadow to a major pharmacological target in anticancer therapy

H Ramos, L Raimundo, L Saraiva - Pharmacological research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract p73, along with p53 and p63, belongs to the p53 family of transcription factors.
Besides the p53-like tumor suppressive activities, p73 has unique roles, namely in neuronal …

Deactivation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 reverses chemotherapeutics resistance of leukemia cells via down-regulating P-gp

X Zhang, W Xiao, L Wang, Z Tian, J Zhang - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Multidrug resistance (MDR) caused by overexpression of p-glycoprotein is a major obstacle
in chemotherapy of malignant cancer, which usually is characterized by constitutive …

A balancing act: orchestrating amino-truncated and full-length p73 variants as decisive factors in cancer progression

D Engelmann, C Meier, V Alla, BM Pützer - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract p73 is the older sibling of p53 and mimics most of its tumor-suppressor functions.
Through alternative promoter usage and splicing, the TP73 gene generates more than two …

p73 and IGF1R regulate emergence of aggressive cancer stem–like features via miR-885-5p control

C Meier, P Hardtstock, S Joost, V Alla, BM Pützer - Cancer Research, 2016 - AACR
Cancer stem–like cells (CSC) have been proposed to promote cancer progression by
initiating tumor growth at distant sites, suggesting that stem-like cell features can support …

[HTML][HTML] p73 protein regulates DNA damage repair

E Zaika, J Wei, D Yin, C Andl, U Moll, W El-Rifai… - The FASEB …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the p53 tumor suppressor is relatively well characterized, much less is known
about the functions of other members of the p53 family, p73 and p63. Here, we present …

Activation of NADPH oxidases leads to DNA damage in esophageal cells

V Bhardwaj, RC Gokulan, A Horvat, L Yermalitskaya… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the strongest known risk factor for esophageal
adenocarcinoma. In the center of tumorigenic events caused by GERD is repeated damage …