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Immune surveillance of senescent cells--biological significance in cancer- and non-cancer pathologies
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Cellular senescence, a state of stable growth arrest, can occur in response to various stress stimuli such as telomere shortening, treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs or the aberrant activation of oncogenes. Senescent cells communicate with their environment by secreting various cytokines and growth factors, and it has become clear that this 'secretory phenotype' can have pro- as well as anti-tumorigenic effects. Recent work from our laboratory showed that premalignant, senescent hepatocytes are recognized and cleared through an antigen-specific immune response and that this immune response, designated as 'senescence surveillance' is crucial for tumor suppression in the liver [(Kang,T.W. et al. (2011) Senescence surveillance of pre-malignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development. Nature, 479, 547-551]. It is an emerging concept that immune responses against senescent cells have a broader biological significance in cancer- as well as non-cancer pathologies and current data suggest that distinct immune responses are engaged to clear senescent cells in different disease settings. In this review article, we will discuss different examples how immune responses against senescent cells are involved to restrict disease progression in cancer- and non-cancer pathologies.
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“Although senescent cells can be recognized by T helper cells and cleared by macrophages and natural killer lymphocytes [27,34,35], their number has been shown to increase with normal ageing in tissues of humans, primates and rodents [36,37].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hoenicke, L., & Zender, L.
- Affiliations
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Zender, L.
- Venue
- Carcinogenesis
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-04-02
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1123-1126
- ISSN
- 0143-3334 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2180
- OpenAlex
- W2121022075
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 1.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Carcinogenesis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HZI (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Keywords
- cellular senescence, senescence-associated secretory phenotype, tumor suppression, liver cancer, antigen-specific immune response, tumor immunology, telomere shortening, chemotherapy-induced senescence, oncogene activation
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Immunologic Surveillance, Liver, Neoplasms, Precancerous Conditions, Cytokines, Cellular Senescence, Disease Progression, Chemokines, Hepatocytes
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