The senescence journey in cancer immunoediting

A Zingoni, F Antonangeli, S Sozzani, A Santoni… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cancer progression is continuously controlled by the immune system which can identify and
destroy nascent tumor cells or inhibit metastatic spreading. However, the immune system …

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs): Does RLR (RIG-I-Like Receptors)-MAVS pathway directly control senescence and aging as a consequence of ERV De-repression?

E Di Giorgio, LE Xodo - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bi-directional transcription of Human Endogenous Retroviruses (hERVs) is a common
feature of autoimmunity, neurodegeneration and cancer. Higher rates of cancer incidence …

Transcription of endogenous retroviruses in senescent cells contributes to the accumulation of double-stranded RNAs that trigger an anti-viral response that reinforces …

E Di Giorgio, L Ranzino, V Tolotto, E Dalla… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
An important epigenetic switch marks the onset and maintenance of senescence. This
allows transcription of the genetic programs that arrest the cell cycle and alter the …

The histone code of senescence

H Paluvai, E Di Giorgio, C Brancolini - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Senescence is the end point of a complex cellular response that proceeds through a set of
highly regulated steps. Initially, the permanent cell-cycle arrest that characterizes …

A retrotransposon storm marks clinical phenoconversion to late-onset Alzheimer's disease

F Macciardi, M Giulia Bacalini, R Miramontes… - GeroScience, 2022 - Springer
Recent reports have suggested that the reactivation of otherwise transcriptionally silent
transposable elements (TEs) might induce brain degeneration, either by dysregulating the …

T-cell immunity against senescence: potential role and perspectives

K Matveeva, M Vasilieva, E Minskaia… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The development of age-associated diseases is related to the accumulation of senescent
cells in the body. These are old non-functional cells with impaired metabolism, which are …

Shared enhancer gene regulatory networks between wound and oncogenic programs

S Floc'hlay, R Balaji, D Stanković, VM Christiaens… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Wound response programs are often activated during neoplastic growth in tumors. In both
wound repair and tumor growth, cells respond to acute stress and balance the activation of …

A concerted increase in readthrough and intron retention drives transposon expression during aging and senescence

K Pabis, D Barardo, O Sirbu, K Selvarajoo, J Gruber… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Aging and senescence are characterized by pervasive transcriptional dysfunction, including
increased expression of transposons and introns. Our aim was to elucidate mechanisms …

The transcription factor PAX5 activates human LINE1 retrotransposons to induce cellular senescence

H Tang, J Yang, J Xu, W Zhang, A Geng, Y Jiang… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
As a hallmark of senescent cells, the derepression of Long Interspersed Elements 1 (LINE1)
transcription results in accumulated LINE1 cDNA, which triggers the secretion of the …

Transposons: Unexpected players in cancer

RK Pradhan, W Ramakrishna - Gene, 2022 - Elsevier
Transposons are repetitive DNA sequences encompassing about half of the human
genome. They play a vital role in genome stability maintenance and contribute to genomic …