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Keeping p53 in check: essential and synergistic functions of Mdm2 and Mdm4.

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This work presents a novel and scalable approach to gene expression engineering that allows for real-time annotation of gene expression changes in response to cancerigenicity and shows promise in finding novel and efficient treatments for cancer.
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1 Laboratory For Molecular Cancer Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), University of Ghent, Technologiepark, 927, Ghent B9052, Belgium 2 Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene Expression Laboratory, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA 3 Gene Expression and Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France 4 The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and department of Molecular Genetics, Section of Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA * Corresponding author: J-C Marine, Laboratory For Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB, Technologiepark, 927, Ghent B-9052, Belgium. Tel: þ 32-93-313-640; Fax: þ 32-93-313-516; E-mail: chris.marine@dmbr.ugent.be

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The p53-Mdm2 feedback loop protects against DNA damage by inhibiting p53 activity but is dispensable for p53 stability, development, and longevity.

TL;DR: While basal Mdm2 levels are sufficient to regulate p53 in most tissues under homeostatic conditions, the p53-Mdm2 feedback loop is critical for regulating p53 activity and sustaining HSC function after DNA damage, and transient disruption of p 53-MDM2 interaction could be explored as a potential adjuvant/therapeutic strategy for targeting stem cells in hematological malignancies.
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p53-Independent Effects of Mdm2

TL;DR: Dysregulation of p53-independent functions could be responsible for the oncogenic properties of Mdm2 seen even in the absence of p 53, and may explain why approximately 10 % of human tumors overexpress MDM2 instead of inactivating p53 through other mechanisms.
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Distinct roles of Mdm2 and Mdm4 in red cell production

TL;DR: The data show that Mdm2 is required for rescuing erythroid progenitors from p53-mediated apoptosis during primitive erythropoiesis, and Mdm4 only contributes to p53 regulation at a specific phase of the differentiation program.
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Mitochondrial liaisons of p53.

TL;DR: The tumor suppressor protein p53 is best known for its ability to orchestrate a transcriptional response to stress that can have multiple outcomes, including cell cycle arrest and cell death, but also involves transcription-independent mechanisms.
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WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression

TL;DR: A gene is identified, named WAF1, whose induction was associated with wild-type but not mutant p53 gene expression in a human brain tumor cell line and that could be an important mediator of p53-dependent tumor growth suppression.
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In vivo activation of the p53 pathway by small-molecule antagonists of MDM2.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify potent and selective small-molecule antagonists of MDM2 and confirm their mode of action through the crystal structures of complexes, leading to cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and growth inhibition of human tumor xenografts.
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Mdm2 promotes the rapid degradation of p53

TL;DR: It is proposed that the Mdm2-promoted degradation of p53 provides a new mechanism to ensure effective termination of the p53 signal.
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Regulation of p53 stability by Mdm2

TL;DR: It is shown that interaction with Mdm2 can also result in a large reduction in p53 protein levels through enhanced proteasome-dependent degradation, which may contribute to the maintenance of low p53 concentrations in normal cells.
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Oncoprotein MDM2 is a ubiquitin ligase E3 for tumor suppressor p53

TL;DR: The data suggest that the MDM2 protein, which is induced by p53, functions as a ubiquitin ligase, E3, in human papillomavirus‐uninfected cells which do not have E6 protein.
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