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ArticleGenes & cancer2011

p53, Stem Cells, and Reprogramming: Tumor Suppression beyond Guarding the Genome.

Benjamin T Spike, Geoffrey M Wahl

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Article in Genes & cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Benjamin T SpikeGene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Geoffrey M Wahl

Funding

Viral Vector Core (VVC)P30CA014195 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI Ye Zheng · 1985 to 2026
$82.8M
Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and CommunicationT32CA009523 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DONOGHUE, DANIEL J, YANG, JING · 1985 to 2025
$12.1M
Mechanisms of Genetic Instability and Tumor SuppressionR01CA061449 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI WAHL, GEOFFREY MYLES · 1993 to 2010
$6.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014195NCI NIH HHS R01 CA061449NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

p53 is well recognized as a potent tumor suppressor. In its classic role, p53 responds to genotoxic insults by inducing cell cycle exit or programmed cell death to limit the propagation of cells with corrupted genomes. p53 is also implicated in a variety of other cellular processes in which its involvement is less well understood including self-renewal, differentiation, and reprogramming. These activities represent an emerging area of intense interest for cancer biologists, as they provide potential mechanistic links between p53 loss and the stem cell-like cellular plasticity that has been suggested to contribute to tumor cell heterogeneity and to drive tumor progression. Despite accumulating evidence linking p53 loss to stem-like phenotypes in cancer, it is not yet understood how p53 contributes to acquisition of "stemness" at the molecular level. Whether and how stem-like cells confer survival advantages to propagate the tumor also remain to be resolved. Furthermore, although it seems reasonable that the combination of p53 deficiency and the stem-like state could contribute to the genesis of cancers that are refractory to treatment, direct linkages and mechanistic underpinnings remain under investigation. Here, we discuss recent findings supporting the connection between p53 loss and the emergence of tumor cells bearing functional and molecular similarities to stem cells. We address several potential molecular and cellular mechanisms that may contribute to this link, and we discuss implications of these findings for the way we think about cancer progression.

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cancerdedifferentiationp53plasticityreprogrammingstem cell

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PMID21779509
PMCPMC3135646

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