Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucosal Injury Is Defined by p53 Activation, Cell Cycle Arrest and Diverse Epithelial Progenitor Dynamics
Pedro H F SILVA, Lei Li, Madison Muriel…·Patricia I. Diaz
In 5-FU-treated mice, oral and intestinal epithelial atrophy stems from p53-linked cell cycle arrest, not apoptosis, while a chemoresistant AP-1/p53 basal cluster expands in tongue.