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Cellular Senescence: Aging, Cancer, and Injury

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Calcinotto, Arianna, Kohli, Jaskaren, Zagato, Elena, Pellegrini, Laura, Demaria, Marco, Alimonti, Andrea·2019·Physiological Reviews

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Cellular senescence is a permanent state of cell cycle arrest that occurs in proliferating cells subjected to different stresses. Senescence is, therefore, a cellular defense mechanism that prevents the cells to acquire an unnecessary damage. The senescent state is accompanied by a failure to re-enter the cell cycle in response to mitogenic stimuli, an enhanced secretory phenotype and resistance to cell death. Senescence takes place in several tissues during different physiological and pathological processes such as tissue remodeling, injury, cancer, and aging. Although senescence is one of the causative processes of aging and it is responsible of aging-related disorders, senescent cells can also play a positive role. In embryogenesis and tissue remodeling, senescent cells are required for the proper development of the embryo and tissue repair. In cancer, senescence works as a potent barrier to prevent tumorigenesis. Therefore, the identification and characterization of key features of senescence, the induction of senescence in cancer cells, or the elimination of senescent cells by pharmacological interventions in aging tissues is gaining consideration in several fields of research. Here, we describe the known key features of senescence, the cell-autonomous, and noncell-autonomous regulators of senescence, and we attempt to discuss the functional role of this fundamental process in different contexts in light of the development of novel therapeutic targets.

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  • Senescent cells contribute to a wide range of age-related pathologies.

    “they have been valuable in showing that senescent cells contribute to a wide range of agerelated pathologies”

    From Cellular Senescence: Defining a Path Forward (2019) · cites this paper as Calcinotto et al., 2019

  • Accumulation of senescent cells is causally linked to functional decline in aging tissues.

    “Accumulation of senescent cells is causally linked to functional decline in aging tissues.”
  • Quiescent cells can resume proliferation in response to appropriate signals such as growth factors or mitogenic signals, whereas senescent cells cannot.

    “Another crucial difference is that quiescent cells can resume proliferation in response to appropriate signals such as stimulation by growth factors or mitogenic signals whereas senescent cells cannot (Campisi and D’Adda Di Fagagna, 2007; Calcinotto et al., 2019; Gorgoulis et al., 2019; Mohamad Kamal et al., 2020).”
  • Natural accumulation of senescent cells in mammals during ageing contributes to development of various age-associated diseases.

    “The natural accumulation of senescent cells in mammals during ageing contributes to the development of various age‐associated diseases (Baker et al, 2016; Calcinotto et al, 2019; Borghesan et al, 2020).”
  • Chronic senescence is triggered by feedback loops when the senescent stimulus is prolonged, and may cause diseases such as atherosclerosis, arthritis, neurodegenerative disease, and diabetes as well as age-related decline in tissue function.

    “Chronic senescence is triggered by feedback loops when the senescent stimulus is prolonged, and may cause diseases such as atherosclerosis, arthritis, neurodegenerative disease, and diabetes [13] as well as effecting classical age-related decline in tissue function [14].”

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Authors
Calcinotto, A., Kohli, J., Zagato, E., Pellegrini, L., Demaria, M., & Alimonti, A.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
Venue
Physiological Reviews
Published
2019-04-01
Volume
99
Issue
2
Pages
1047-1078
ISSN
  • 0031-9333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1210
OpenAlex
W2908922892
Cited by
1,270
References
374
Citations by year
2026: 136 · 2025: 212 · 2024: 272 · 2023: 233 · 2022: 211 · 2021: 109 · 2020: 80 · 2019: 16
FWCI
12.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Physiological Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • ERC consolidator (683136)
  • Swiss Cancer League (KFS4267-08-2017)
  • Dr. Joseph Steiner Foundation
  • Swiss Card-Onco-Grant of Alfred and Annemarie von Sick
  • SNSF (310030_176045)
  • IBSA Foundation
  • KWF Kankerbestrijding (Dutch Cancer Society) (10989/2017-1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Keywords
cellular senescence, aging, cancer, tissue damage, cell cycle arrest, senescence-associated secretory phenotype, tissue remodeling, embryonic development, senescence induction, senolytics, cancer prevention
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Humans, Neoplasms, Wound Healing, Cellular Senescence, Cell Proliferation

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