1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 2, 25-27
DOI: 10.12691/jcrt-3-2-2
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Ahmed M. Kabel. Tumor Protein p53: Novel Aspects of an Old Tumor Marker.
Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment. 2015; 3(2):25-27. doi: 10.12691/jcrt-3-2-2.
Correspondence to: Ahmed M. Kabel, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. Email:
drakabel@gmail.comAbstract
P53 gene is a tumor suppressor gene that stops the formation of tumors. If a person inherits only one functional copy of the p53 gene from his parents, he will be predisposed to cancer and usually develop several tumors in various tissues in early adulthood. However, mutations in p53 are found in most tumor types, and so contribute to a number of molecular events leading to tumor formation. There are numerous informations that exist on all aspects of p53 normal function and mutant expression in human cancers, reflecting its key role in the pathogenesis of human cancers.
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