reviewPhysiological ReviewsJan 16, 2019BRONZE OA

Cellular Senescence: Aging, Cancer, and Injury

Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine · Institute of Oncology Research · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Cellular senescence is a permanent state of cell cycle arrest that occurs in proliferating cells subjected to different stresses. Senescence is, therefore, a cellular defense mechanism that prevents the cells to acquire an unnecessary damage. The senescent state is accompanied by a failure to re-enter the cell cycle in response to mitogenic stimuli, an enhanced secretory phenotype and resistance to cell death. Senescence takes place in several tissues during different physiological and pathological processes such as tissue remodeling, injury, cancer, and aging. Although senescence is one of the causative processes of aging and it is responsible of aging-related disorders, senescent cells can also play a…

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