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Can ends justify the means?: Telomeres and the mechanisms of replicative senescence and immortalization in mammalian cells

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Sedivy, John M.·1998·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Finite replicative lifespan, or senescence, of mammalian cells in culture is a phenomenon that has generated much curiosity since its description. The obvious significance of senescence to organismal aging and the development of cancer has engendered a long-lasting and lively debate about its mechanisms. Recent discoveries concerning the phenotypes of telomerase knockout mice, the consequences of telomerase reexpression in somatic cells, and genes that regulate senescence have provided striking molecular insights but also have uncovered important new questions. The objective of this review is to reconcile old observations with new molecular details and to focus attention on the key remaining puzzles.

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Authors
Sedivy, J. M.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
1998-08-04
Volume
95
Issue
16
Pages
9078-9081
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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W2013880323
Cited by
183
References
16
FWCI
14.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Sedivy, J. M. (1998). Can ends justify the means?: Telomeres and the mechanisms of replicative senescence and immortalization in mammalian cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.16.9078

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