Drukteinis et al., Placenta 2005
(Choriocarcinoma...) :
Immunocytochemistry and Western blot analysis showed that BaP induced expression of nuclear p21CIP1 protein, the major inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinases
Sadikovic et al., Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2006
(Breast Neoplasms) :
Furthermore, BaP increased p53 levels in both p53 positive cell lines, as well as p21 levels in MCF-7 cells, an effect that was prevented by the p53-specific inhibitor pifithrin-alpha