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p53, the Cellular Gatekeeper for Growth and Division

Arnold J. Levine
- 07 Feb 1997 - 
- Vol. 88, Iss: 3, pp 323-331
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The author regrets the lack of citations for many important observations mentioned in the text, but their omission is made necessary by restrictions in the preparation of review manuscripts.
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TL;DR: This work has been supported by the Department of the Army and the National Institutes of Health, and the author acknowledges the support and encouragement of the National Cancer Institute.
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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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The Ki‐67 protein: From the known and the unknown

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Requirement for p53 and p21 to Sustain G2 Arrest After DNA Damage

TL;DR: After DNA damage, many cells appear to enter a sustained arrest in the G2 phase of the cell cycle but this arrest could be sustained only when p53 was present in the cell and capable of transcriptionally activating the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21.
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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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Mice deficient for p53 are developmentally normal but susceptible to spontaneous tumours

TL;DR: Observations indicate that a normal p53 gene is dispensable for embryonic development, that its absence predisposes the animal to neoplastic disease, and that an oncogenic mutant form of p53 is not obligatory for the genesis of many types of tumours.
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Tumor suppressor p53 is a direct transcriptional activator of the human bax gene

TL;DR: The bax gene promoter region contains four motifs with homology to consensus p53-binding sites and wild-type but not mutant p53 protein bound to oligonucleotides corresponding to this region of the bax promoter, suggesting that bax is a p53 primary-response gene, presumably involved in a p 53-regulated pathway for induction of apoptosis.
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A mammalian cell cycle checkpoint pathway utilizing p53 and GADD45 is defective in ataxia-telangiectasia

TL;DR: Three participants are identified (AT gene(s), p53, and GADD45) in a signal transduction pathway that controls cell cycle arrest following DNA damage; abnormalities in this pathway probably contribute to tumor development.
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p53-dependent apoptosis modulates the cytotoxicity of anticancer agents

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that an oncogene, specifically the adenovirus E1A gene, can sensitize fibroblasts to apoptosis induced by ionizing radiation, 5-fluorouracil, etoposide, and adriamycin, and the involvement of p53 in the apoptotic response suggests a mechanism whereby tumor cells can acquire cross-resistance to anticancer agents.
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