Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Inhibition of nonsense-mediated decay rescues functional p53β/γ isoforms in MDM2-amplified cancers
J. P. Gudikote, T. Cascone, A. Poteete…·J. Heymach
The paper shows that inhibiting nonsense-mediated decay increases expression of p53β/γ isoforms, which are resistant to MDM2 degradation, thereby restoring p53 function in cancers with MDM2 amplification, HPV infection, or specific p53 mutations.
DOI 10.1101/2020.04.06.026955