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ReviewDisease models & mechanisms2025

Tumor suppressor genes in the tumor microenvironment.

Bahareh Tabanifar, Hannah Lau, Kanaga Sabapathy

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Review in Disease models & mechanisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Translational andrology and urology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bahareh TabanifarDivision of Cellular & Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 168583.
Hannah LauDepartment of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117558.
Kanaga SabapathySchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551.ORCID 0000-0002-4346-7386

Funding

Nanyang Technological UniversityNational Medical Research Council of Singapore
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are thought to suppress tumor development primarily via cancer cell-autonomous mechanisms. However, the tumor microenvironment (TME) also significantly influences tumorigenesis. In this context, a role for TSGs in the various cell types of the TME in regulating tumor growth is emerging. Indeed, expression analyses of TSGs in clinical samples, along with data from mouse models in which TSGs were deleted selectively in the TME, indicate a functional role for them in tumor development. In this Perspective, using TP53 and PTEN as examples, we posit that TSGs play a significant role in cells of the TME in regulating tumor development, and postulate both a 'pro-active' and 'reactive' model for their contribution to tumor growth, dependent on the temporal sequence of initiating events. Finally, we discuss the need to consider a 2-in-1 cancer-treatment strategy to improve the efficacy of clearance of cancer cells and the cancer-promoting TME.

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Genes, Tumor SuppressorNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN PhosphohydrolaseFibroblastsPTENTP53Tumor microenvironmentTumor suppressors

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PMID40110599
PMCPMC11957449

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