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Wild-type and mutant human p53 genes were transfected into the nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell line CNE-3. Tumorigenicity in nude mice showed that the tumor resulting from the cells transfected with the wild-type p53 gene grew more slowly and was smaller than that from the cells transfected with mutant p53 gene and that from control CNE-3 cells. In contrast, the tumor from the cells transfected with the mutant p53 gene grew faster than that produced by cells transfected with the wild-type p53 gene and that produced by control CNE-3 cells. The results demonstrate that the wild-type p53 gene could inhibit the NPC cell growth in nude mice and the mutant p53 gene could enhance the NPC cell growth in nude mice. The p53 gene may also play an important role in the pathogenesis of NPC.
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- NPC:
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nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Chen, W., Lee, Y., Wang, H. et al. Suppression of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell growth in nude mice by the wild-type p53 gene. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 119, 46–48 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01209487
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01209487