The mitosis-differentiation checkpoint, another guardian of the epidermal genome.

Mol Cell Oncol

Cell Cycle; Stem cell Fate and Cancer Laboratory; Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL) ; Santander, Spain.

Published: June 2016

The role of p53, the original "guardian of the genome", in skin has remained elusive. We have explored p53 function in human epidermal cells and demonstrated the importance of a mitosis-differentiation checkpoint to suppress potentially precancerous cells. This model places epidermal endoreplication as an antioncogenic mechanism in the face of irreparable genetic alterations.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905324PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2014.997127DOI Listing

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