Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Mutant p53 shapes the enhancer landscape of cancer cells in response to chronic immune signaling

  • Homa Rahnamoun,
  • Hanbin Lu,
  • Sascha H. Duttke,
  • Christopher Benner,
  • Christopher K. Glass,
  • Shannon M. Lauberth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01117-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Inflammation is known to affect cancer development, yet the mechanisms by which immune signaling drives transformation remain unclear. Here, the authors provide evidence that chronic TNF-α signaling promotes the enhancer binding and transcriptional interplay between mutant p53 and NFκB.