Exploiting senescence for the treatment of cancer

L Wang, L Lankhorst, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Senescence is a cellular response to a variety of stress signals that is characterized by a
stable withdrawal from the cell cycle and major changes in cell morphology and physiology …

Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

Therapy-induced senescence: opportunities to improve anticancer therapy

PG Prasanna, DE Citrin, J Hildesheim… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cellular senescence is an essential tumor suppressive mechanism that prevents the
propagation of oncogenically activated, genetically unstable, and/or damaged cells …

The interplay between apoptosis and cellular senescence: Bcl-2 family proteins as targets for cancer therapy

A Basu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell death by apoptosis and permanent cell cycle arrest by senescence serve as barriers to
the development of cancer. Chemotherapeutic agents not only induce apoptosis, they can …

Do TUNEL and other apoptosis assays detect cell death in preclinical studies?

R Mirzayans, D Murray - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay
detects DNA breakage by labeling the free 3ʹ-hydroxyl termini. Given that genomic DNA …

Clearance of therapy‐induced senescent tumor cells by the senolytic ABT‐263 via interference with BCL‐XL–BAX interaction

T Saleh, VJ Carpenter, L Tyutyunyk‐Massey… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor cells undergo senescence in response to both conventional and targeted cancer
therapies. The induction of senescence in response to cancer therapy can contribute to …

Escape from senescence: molecular basis and therapeutic ramifications

K Evangelou, K Belogiannis… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular senescence constitutes a stress response mechanism in reaction to a plethora of
stimuli. Senescent cells exhibit cell‐cycle arrest and altered function. While cell‐cycle …

Noninvasive morpho-molecular imaging reveals early therapy-induced senescence in human cancer cells

A Bresci, JH Kim, S Ghislanzoni, F Manetti, L Wu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Anticancer therapy screening in vitro identifies additional treatments and improves clinical
outcomes. Systematically, although most tested cells respond to cues with apoptosis, an …

A common signature of cellular senescence; does it exist?

E Sikora, A Bielak-Zmijewska, G Mosieniak - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence is a stress response, which can be evoked in all type of somatic cells
by different stimuli. Senescent cells accumulate in the body and participate in aging and …

Senescence and the tumor-immune landscape: Implications for cancer immunotherapy

L Chibaya, J Snyder, M Ruscetti - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer therapies, including conventional chemotherapy, radiation, and molecularly targeted
agents, can lead to tumor eradication through a variety of mechanisms. In addition to their …