p21 – An Underestimated Driver for Cancers
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2019) | Viewed by 75730
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Interests: colon cancer metastasis; CAM model; tumor cell invasion; tumor invasion front
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Dear Colleagues,
For the first time Gartel et al. (2009) have proposed the idea of antagonistic duality of p21 in cancer. Since nearly all cancer types have defects in cell cycle regulatory proteins a role of p21 in tumor transformation, progression, and invasion is suggested. Dependent on cellular compartment it might play a pro-apoptotic or a survival role. Here, we will collect a series of papers that show how p21 is involved in tumor aggressiveness, in stemness, chemotherapy resistance or phenotypic plasticity of tumor cells. We will show how the modulation of the mdm2-p53-p21 axis contributes to cell death. We will describe the role of p21 gene-editing tools in cancer research. Review and original articles will be presented to highlight the role of p21 in EMT and stemness. The interaction of p21 with other protein kinases and the role of this network in resistance mechanisms will be reviewed. Finally, this special issue will give an overview of the up-to-date knowledge about all fascinating facets of p21 in cancer.
Prof. Dr. Regine Schneider-Stock
Guest Editor
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