Innate immunosensing of DNA in cellular senescence

S Glück, A Ablasser - Current opinion in immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cellular senescence is a key cellular stress response pathway.•Senescent cells
produce various bioactive factors referred to collectively as the SASP.•The cGAS-STING …

cGAS–STING drives the IL-6-dependent survival of chromosomally instable cancers

C Hong, M Schubert, AE Tijhuis, M Requesens… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) drives cancer cell evolution, metastasis and therapy
resistance, and is associated with poor prognosis. CIN leads to micronuclei that release …

SASPense and DDRama in cancer and ageing

M Fumagalli, F d'Adda di Fagagna - Nature cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Senescent cells alter their microenvironment by secreting a growing collection of factors, a
phenomenon termed the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Cellular …

Chromosomal instability drives metastasis through a cytosolic DNA response

SF Bakhoum, B Ngo, AM Laughney, JA Cavallo… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer that results from ongoing errors in
chromosome segregation during mitosis. Although chromosomal instability is a major driver …

Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness

M Milanovic, DNY Fan, D Belenki, JHM Däbritz, Z Zhao… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Cellular senescence is a stress-responsive cell-cycle arrest program that terminates the
further expansion of (pre-) malignant cells,. Key signalling components of the senescence …

Crosstalk between chromatin state and DNA damage response in cellular senescence and cancer

G Sulli, R Di Micco, FA di Fagagna - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
The generation of DNA lesions and the resulting activation of DNA damage response (DDR)
pathways are both affected by the chromatin status at the site of damaged DNA. In turn, DDR …

Chromatin basis of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype

X Hao, C Wang, R Zhang - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Cellular senescence is a stable cell growth arrest. Senescent cells are metabolically active,
as exemplified by the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors …

The aging epigenome

LN Booth, A Brunet - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
During aging, the mechanisms that normally maintain health and stress resistance strikingly
decline, resulting in decrepitude, frailty, and ultimately death. Exactly when and how this …

Externalized histone H4 orchestrates chronic inflammation by inducing lytic cell death

C Silvestre-Roig, Q Braster, K Wichapong, EY Lee… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The perpetuation of inflammation is an important pathophysiological contributor to the global
medical burden. Chronic inflammation is promoted by non-programmed cell death,; …

Common features of chromatin in aging and cancer: cause or coincidence?

L Zane, V Sharma, T Misteli - Trends in cell biology, 2014 - cell.com
Age is a major risk factor for cancer. Alterations in DNA methylation, histone modifications,
chromatin structure, and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms are prominent hallmarks of both …