Cellular senescence: aging, cancer, and injury

A Calcinotto, J Kohli, E Zagato… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
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 …

The diverse consequences of aneuploidy

NK Chunduri, Z Storchová - Nature Cell Biology, 2019 - nature.com
Aneuploidy, or imbalanced chromosome number, has profound effects on eukaryotic cells.
In humans, aneuploidy is associated with various pathologies, including cancer, which …

The mediterranean diet slows down the progression of aging and helps to prevent the onset of frailty: A narrative review

C Capurso, F Bellanti, A Lo Buglio, G Vendemiale - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aging population is rapidly increasing all over the world. This results in significant
implications for the planning and provision of health and social care. Aging is physiologically …

Aneuploidy: Cancer strength or vulnerability?

G Simonetti, S Bruno, A Padella, E Tenti… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aneuploidy is a very rare and tissue‐specific event in normal conditions, occurring in a low
number of brain and liver cells. Its frequency increases in age‐related disorders and is one …

Mitotic regulators and the SHP2-MAPK pathway promote IR endocytosis and feedback regulation of insulin signaling

E Choi, S Kikuchi, H Gao, K Brodzik, I Nassour… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Insulin controls glucose homeostasis and cell growth through bifurcated signaling pathways.
Dysregulation of insulin signaling is linked to diabetes and cancer. The spindle checkpoint …

PUMILIO hyperactivity drives premature aging of Norad-deficient mice

F Kopp, MM Elguindy, ME Yalvac, H Zhang, B Chen… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Although numerous long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified, our
understanding of their roles in mammalian physiology remains limited. Here, we …

Mitosis inhibitors in anticancer therapy: When blocking the exit becomes a solution

AC Henriques, D Ribeiro, J Pedrosa, B Sarmento… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Current microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs) remain amongst the most important antimitotic
drugs used against a broad range of malignancies. By perturbing spindle assembly, MTAs …

ROS-induced activation of DNA damage responses drives senescence-like state in postmitotic cochlear cells: implication for hearing preservation

N Benkafadar, F François, C Affortit, F Casas… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
In our aging society, age-related hearing loss (ARHL) has become a major socioeconomic
issue. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) may be one of the main causal factors of age-related …

Meiotic spindle assembly checkpoint and aneuploidy in males versus females

S Lane, L Kauppi - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2019 - Springer
The production of gametes (sperm and eggs in mammals) involves two sequential cell
divisions, meiosis I and meiosis II. In meiosis I, homologous chromosomes segregate to …

RIPK1 and caspase-8 ensure chromosome stability independently of their role in cell death and inflammation

G Liccardi, LR Garcia, T Tenev, A Annibaldi… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Receptor-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) 1 functions as a key mediator of tissue
homeostasis via formation of Caspase-8 activating ripoptosome complexes, positively and …