Table 2 Number of genes upregulated and downregulated following in vitro studies where a mutant form of p53 is overexpressed

From: More targets, more pathways and more clues for mutant p53

Number of genes

% Of the total number of genes

Number of mutations on different p53 codons, leading to upregulation

Number of mutations on different p53 codons, leading to downregulation

151

8.2%

0

1

698

37.8%

1

0

446

24.2%

0

>1

503

27.2%

>1

0

401

22%

0

⩾3

260

14%

⩾3

0

Inconsistent

 48

2.6%

⩾1

⩾1

  1. Only 48 out of 1846 were described as behaving differently according to the p53 mutated codon assayed. The greatest majority of genes (949) showed a reproducible upregulation or downregulation when various p53 mutations were assayed.