The family that eats together stays together: new p53 family transcriptional targets in autophagy

Genes Dev. 2013 May 1;27(9):971-4. doi: 10.1101/gad.219147.113.

Abstract

Autophagy is a biological process that is crucial to maintain cellular homeostasis and is regulated by several metabolic pathways, including the p53 tumor suppressor pathway. In this issue of Genes & Development, Kenzelmann Broz and colleagues (pp. 1016-1031) show how the p53 family as a whole, including p63 and p73, collaborate in controlling autophagy to support tumor suppression.

Keywords: ChIP-seq; RNA-seq; autophagy; p53; tumor suppression.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autophagy / genetics*
  • DNA Damage / genetics*
  • Fibroblasts / cytology*
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism*
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / genetics*
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism*
  • Up-Regulation*

Substances

  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53