Inhibition of Mdm2 Sensitizes Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells to Apoptosis
Author(s) -
Sujoy Bhattacharya,
Ramesh M. Ray,
Edward Chaum,
Dianna A. Johnson,
Leonard R. Johnson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.10-6991
Subject(s) - apoptosis , puma , camptothecin , downregulation and upregulation , mdm2 , dna fragmentation , gene knockdown , caspase , microbiology and biotechnology , cycloheximide , biology , chemistry , programmed cell death , biochemistry , protein biosynthesis , gene
Because recent studies indicate that blocking the interaction between p53 and Mdm2 results in the nongenotoxic activation of p53, the authors sought to investigate whether the inhibition of p53-Mdm2 binding activates p53 and sensitizes human retinal epithelial cells to apoptosis.
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