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ArticleGenes & cancer2011

Inflammation and p53: A Tale of Two Stresses.

Andrei V Gudkov, Katerina V Gurova, Elena A Komarova

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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 116 papers.

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116citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrei V GudkovDepartment of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Katerina V Gurova
Elena A Komarova
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Mechanisms of mitigation of radiation damage of GI tract by Protectan CBLB502RC2AI087616 · NIAID · CLEVELAND BIOLABS, INC. · PI GUDKOV, ANDREI V · 2009 to 2010
$5.3M
MODULATORS OF P53 EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONR01CA075179 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI GUDKOV, ANDREI V · 1997 to 2007
$1.9M
Controlling Radiation Injury by TLR5 AgonistsR01AI080446 · NIAID · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI GUDKOV, ANDREI V · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA075179NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080446NIAID NIH HHS RC2 AI087616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous observations indicate a strong link between chronic inflammation and cancer. This link is supported by substantial experimental evidence indicating mutual negative regulation of NF-κB, the major regulator of inflammation, and p53, the major tumor suppressor. This antagonistic relationship reflects the opposite principles of the physiological responses driven by these transcription factors, which act as sensors and mediators of intrinsic and extrinsic cell stresses, respectively. Constitutive activation of NF-κB, the underlying cause of chronic inflammation, is a common acquired characteristic of tumors. A variety of experimental methods have been used to demonstrate that constitutive activation of NF-κB reduces the tumor suppressor activity of p53, thereby creating permissive conditions for dominant oncogene-mediated transformation. Loss of p53 activity is also a characteristic of the majority of tumors and results in unleashed inflammatory responses due to loss of p53-mediated NF-κB suppression. On the other hand, in natural or pharmacological situations of enforced p53 activation, NF-κB activity, inflammation, and immune responses are reduced, resulting in different pathologies. It is likely that the chronic inflammation that is commonly acquired in various tissues of older mammals leads to general suppression of p53 function, which would explain the increased risk of cancer observed in aging animals and humans. Although the molecular mechanisms underlying reciprocal negative regulation of p53 and NF-κB remain to be deciphered, this phenomenon has important implications for pharmacological prevention of cancer and aging and for new approaches to control inflammation.

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agingapoptosiscancerchemokinescytokinesimmune responseinfectionNF-κBsenescence

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PMID21779518
PMCPMC3135644
OpenAlexW2081411230

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