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SUBMITTER: Costa B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747081 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Costa Barbara B Bendinelli Sara S Gabelloni Pamela P Da Pozzo Eleonora E Daniele Simona S Scatena Fabrizio F Vanacore Renato R Campiglia Pietro P Bertamino Alessia A Gomez-Monterrey Isabel I Sorriento Daniela D Del Giudice Carmine C Iaccarino Guido G Novellino Ettore E Martini Claudia C
PloS one 20130819 8
Cancer development and chemo-resistance are often due to impaired functioning of the p53 tumor suppressor through genetic mutation or sequestration by other proteins. In glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), p53 availability is frequently reduced because it binds to the Murine Double Minute-2 (MDM2) oncoprotein, which accumulates at high concentrations in tumor cells. The use of MDM2 inhibitors that interfere with the binding of p53 and MDM2 has become a valid approach to inhibit cell growth in a numbe ...[more]