Cellular senescence: a key therapeutic target in aging and diseases

L Zhang, LE Pitcher, MJ Yousefzadeh… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cellular senescence is a hallmark of aging defined by stable exit from the cell cycle in
response to cellular damage and stress. Senescent cells (SnCs) can develop a …

Cellular senescence at the crossroads of inflammation and Alzheimer's disease

A Guerrero, B De Strooper… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Aging is a key risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the reasons for this association
are not well understood. Senescent cells accumulate in aged tissues and have been shown …

Neuronal DNA double-strand breaks lead to genome structural variations and 3D genome disruption in neurodegeneration

V Dileep, CA Boix, H Mathys, A Marco, GM Welch… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Persistent DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in neurons are an early pathological hallmark
of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD), with the potential to …

Cellular senescence and SASP in tumor progression and therapeutic opportunities

Z Dong, Y Luo, Z Yuan, Y Tian, T **, F Xu - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cellular senescence (CS), a permanent and irreversible arrest of the cell cycle and
proliferation leading to the degeneration of cellular structure and function, has been …

Epigenetic regulation of cellular senescence

J Crouch, M Shvedova, RJRS Thanapaul… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Senescence is a complex cellular stress response that abolishes proliferative capacity and
generates a unique secretory pattern that is implicated in organismal aging and age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular senescence in brain aging and neurodegeneration

LSM Dos Santos, M Trombetta-Lima, BJL Eggen… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence is a state of terminal cell cycle arrest associated with various
macromolecular changes and a hypersecretory phenotype. In the brain, senescent cells …

TGF-β as a key modulator of astrocyte reactivity: disease relevance and therapeutic implications

J Luo - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are essential for normal brain development and functioning. They respond to
brain injury and disease through a process referred to as reactive astrogliosis, where the …

Senescent Schwann cells induced by aging and chronic denervation impair axonal regeneration following peripheral nerve injury

A Fuentes‐Flores, C Geronimo‐Olvera… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Following peripheral nerve injury, successful axonal growth and functional recovery require
Schwann cell (SC) reprogramming into a reparative phenotype, a process dependent upon …

BCL-xL inhibition potentiates cancer therapies by redirecting the outcome of p53 activation from senescence to apoptosis

V Bharti, R Watkins, A Kumar, RL Shattuck-Brandt… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer therapies trigger diverse cellular responses, ranging from apoptotic death to
acquisition of persistent therapy-refractory states such as senescence. Tip** the balance …

Central nervous system demyelinating diseases: glial cells at the hub of pathology

VG Coutinho Costa, SES Araújo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs) are among the main causes of inflammatory
and neurodegenerative injury of the central nervous system (CNS) in young adult patients …