“…One such gene, Gadd153 (also known as chop), encodes a member of the CCAAT\enhancer-binding protein (C\EBP) family of transcription factors. Originally isolated based on its induction by UV-C irradiation [1], Gadd153 has subsequently been shown to be highly induced in a variety of stress paradigms that result in growth arrest or DNA damage, including genotoxic agents [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], calcium ionophore [17], nutrient depletion [15,[18][19][20], oxidative stress [21][22][23], reductive stress [24,25], endoplasmic reticulum stress [26][27][28] and the acute-phase response [29,30]. GADD153 (where GADD stands for growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein) has been implicated in the commitment to, or implementation of, growth arrest or cell death ; microinjection of GADD153 induces 3T3 cells to arrest at the G " \S boundary [31], while ectopic expression of GADD153 causes M1 myeloblastic leukaemia cells to undergo apoptosis [32].…”