Yu-Chi Chen, Christopher G Bazewicz, Saketh S Dinavahi, Nicholas D Huntington, Todd D Schell, Gavin P Robertson
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Abstract
The p53 pathway plays an important role in role in cancer immunity. Mutation or downregulation of the proteins in the p53 pathway are prevalent in many cancers, contributing to tumor progression and immune dysregulation. Recent findings suggest that the activity of p53 within tumor cells, immune cells, and the tumor microenvironment can play an important role modulating natural killer (NK) cell-mediated immunity. Consequently, efforts to restore p53 pathway activity are being actively pursued to modulate this form of immunity. This review focuses on p53 activity regulating the infiltration and the activation of NK cells in the tumor immune microenvironment, which are illustrated in the Graphical Abstract for this review. Furthermore, impact of p53 and its regulation of NK cells on immunogenic cell death within solid tumors and the abscopal effect is reviewed. Finally, future avenues for therapeutically restoring p53 activity to improve NK cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity and optimize the effectiveness of cancer therapies are discussed.
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Molecular Cancer Therapeutics will focus on basic research that has implications for cancer therapeutics in the following areas: Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Identification of Molecular Targets, Targets for Chemoprevention, New Models, Cancer Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Classification of Tumors, and Bioinformatics and Computational Molecular Biology. The journal provides a publication forum for these emerging disciplines that is focused specifically on cancer research. Papers are stringently reviewed and only those that report results of novel, timely, and significant research and meet high standards of scientific merit will be accepted for publication.