The paradoxical role of cellular senescence in cancer

J Yang, M Liu, D Hong, M Zeng… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cellular senescence occurs in proliferating cells as a consequence of various triggers
including telomere shortening, DNA damage, and inappropriate expression of oncogenes …

Senescence and the tumor-immune landscape: Implications for cancer immunotherapy

L Chibaya, J Snyder, M Ruscetti - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer therapies, including conventional chemotherapy, radiation, and molecularly targeted
agents, can lead to tumor eradication through a variety of mechanisms. In addition to their …

Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19

S Lee, Y Yu, J Trimpert, F Benthani, M Mairhofer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Derailed cytokine and immune cell networks account for the organ damage and the clinical
severity of COVID-19 (refs.,,–). Here we show that SARS-CoV-2, like other viruses, evokes …

Cellular senescence: Neither irreversible nor reversible

M Reimann, S Lee, CA Schmitt - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2024 - rupress.org
Cellular senescence is a critical stress response program implicated in embryonic
development, wound healing, aging, and immunity, and it backs up apoptosis as an ultimate …

A three-marker signature identifies senescence in human breast cancer exposed to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

M El-Sadoni, SA Shboul, A Alhesa, NA Shahin… - Cancer chemotherapy …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Despite the beneficial effects of chemotherapy, therapy-induced senescence (TIS)
manifests itself as an undesirable byproduct. Preclinical evidence suggests that tumor cells …

Adaptive T-cell immunity controls senescence-prone MyD88-or CARD11-mutant B-cell lymphomas

M Reimann, J Schrezenmeier… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Aberrant B-cell receptor/NF-κB signaling is a hallmark feature of B-cell non-Hodgkin
lymphomas, especially in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Recurrent mutations in …

H4K20me3-Mediated Repression of Inflammatory Genes Is a Characteristic and Targetable Vulnerability of Persister Cancer Cells

V Ramponi, L Richart, M Kovatcheva… - Cancer …, 2025 - aacrjournals.org
Anticancer therapies can induce cellular senescence or drug-tolerant persistence, two types
of proliferative arrest that differ in their stability. While senescence is highly stable, persister …

Integration of epigenetic mechanisms into non-genotoxic carcinogenicity hazard assessment: Focus on DNA methylation and histone modifications

D Desaulniers, P Vasseur, A Jacobs… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics involves a series of mechanisms that entail histone and DNA covalent
modifications and non-coding RNAs, and that collectively contribute to programing cell …

SenNet recommendations for detecting senescent cells in different tissues

V Suryadevara, AD Hudgins, A Rajesh… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Once considered a tissue culture-specific phenomenon, cellular senescence has now been
linked to various biological processes with both beneficial and detrimental roles in humans …

Targeting mitochondrial respiration and the BCL2 family in high‐grade MYC‐associated B‐cell lymphoma

G Donati, M Ravà, M Filipuzzi, P Nicoli… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple molecular features, such as activation of specific oncogenes (eg, MYC, BCL2) or a
variety of gene expression signatures, have been associated with disease course in diffuse …