TP53 and neoplasm: To explore the mechanism by which heterozygous p53-R280T mutation is involved in the tumor promotion of NPC cells, we carried out mRNA sequencing in the p53 KO and control CNE2 cells, and observed that 1401 DEGs were upregulated, and 1211 DEGs were downregulated in the p53 KO CNE2 with heterozygous p53-R280T mutation.