Since approximately 51% of glioma are mutated for p53, we included two glioma cell lines with different p53 status, U87MG with wild-type p53, and T98G with a gain-of-function M237I mutation (Van Meir et al., 1994), to dissect common mechanisms of the role of NMNAT in glioma cell growth. This evidence concerns the gene NMNAT1 and central nervous system cancer.