Loss of p53 Induces Tolerance to Viral Mimicry as a Mechanism of Immune Evasion in Early Tumorigenesis

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Abstract

Ishak and colleagues report that the loss of p53 disrupts constitutive heterochromatin, enabling the transcription of immunogenic repetitive elements. Unlike acute viral mimicry activation, a chronic viral mimicry response mediated by p53 loss during cancer initiation induces tolerance to cytosolic nucleic acids, ultimately diminishing cellular immunogenicity as a strategy for immune evasion. See related article by Ishak et al., p. 793.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)670-672
Number of pages3
JournalCancer Discovery
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2025

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Keywords

  • Animals
  • Carcinogenesis/immunology
  • Humans
  • Immune Evasion
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Molecular Mimicry
  • Neoplasms/immunology
  • Tumor Escape
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism

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