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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Ling Li
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-53321 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell death and differentiation 20141219 7
P53 is critically important in preventing oncogenesis but its role in inflammation in general and in the function of inflammatory macrophages in particular is not clear. Here, we show that bone marrow-derived macrophages exhibit endogenous p53 activity, which is increased when macrophages are polarized to the M2 (alternatively activated macrophage) subtype. This leads to reduced expression of M2 genes. Nutlin-3a, which destabilizes the p53/MDM2 (mouse double minute 2 homolog) complex, promotes p ...[more]