Therapy-induced senescence: an “old” friend becomes the enemy

T Saleh, S Bloukh, VJ Carpenter, E Alwohoush… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
For the past two decades, cellular senescence has been recognized as a central component
of the tumor cell response to chemotherapy and radiation. Traditionally, this form of …

Targeting senescence as an anticancer therapy

L Bousset, J Gil - Molecular Oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular senescence is a stress response elicited by different molecular insults. Senescence
results in cell cycle exit and is characterised by multiple phenotypic changes such as the …

CDK4/6 inhibitors impair recovery from cytotoxic chemotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

B Salvador-Barbero, M Álvarez-Fernández… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Inhibition of the cell-cycle kinases CDK4 and CDK6 is now part of the standard treatment in
advanced breast cancer. CDK4/6 inhibitors, however, are not expected to cooperate with …

The E2F pathway score as a predictive biomarker of response to neoadjuvant therapy in ER+/HER2− breast cancer

M Oshi, H Takahashi, Y Tokumaru, L Yan, OM Rashid… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
E2F transcription factors play critical roles in the cell cycle. Therefore, their activity is
expected to reflect tumor aggressiveness and responsiveness to therapy. We scored 3905 …

[HTML][HTML] CDK4/6 inhibition promotes immune infiltration in ovarian cancer and synergizes with PD-1 blockade in a B cell-dependent manner

QF Zhang, J Li, K Jiang, R Wang, J Ge, H Yang… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Great progress has been made in the field of tumor immunotherapy in the past decade.
However, the therapeutic effects of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) against ovarian …

Therapy-induced senescence as a component of tumor biology: Evidence from clinical cancer

T Saleh, S Bloukh, M Hasan, S Al Shboul - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Therapy-Induced Senescence (TIS) is an established response to anticancer
therapy in a variety of cancer models. Ample evidence has characterized the triggers …

[HTML][HTML] The “life code”: A theory that unifies the human life cycle and the origin of human tumors

J Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Tumors arise from the transformation of normal stem cells or mature somatic cells.
Intriguingly, two types of tumors have been observed by pathologists for centuries: well …

Novel pentacyclic derivatives and benzylidenes of the progesterone series cause anti-estrogenic and antiproliferative effects and induce apoptosis in breast cancer …

AM Scherbakov, SK Vorontsova, AI Khamidullina… - Investigational New …, 2023 - Springer
The promising antitumor effects of progesterone derivatives have been identified in many
studies. However, the specific mechanism of action of this class of compounds has not been …

CDK4/6 inhibitors in combination therapies: better in company than alone: a mini review

GL Rampioni Vinciguerra, M Sonego, I Segatto… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The cyclin D-CDK4/6 complexes play a pivotal role in controlling the cell cycle. Deregulation
in cyclin D-CDK4/6 pathway has been described in many types of cancer and it invariably …

Mechanisms of Hydroxyurea‐Induced Cellular Senescence: An Oxidative Stress Connection?

S Kapor, V Čokić, JF Santibanez - Oxidative medicine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroxyurea (HU) is a water‐soluble antiproliferative agent used for decades in neoplastic
and nonneoplastic conditions. HU is considered an essential medicine because of its …