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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

p53, resveratrol, cell growth, cell repair

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Abstract

Macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) induces many positive immune activities, but it has been implicated in causing cancer, specifically through its inhibition of p53, a tumor suppressing protein. It has been suggested that resveratrol, a grape seed extract, activates p53, thus suppressing tumors by inducing apoptosis.

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Microbiology Commons

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