Telomeres, stem cells, senescence, and cancer

AUTOR(ES)

Sharpless, Norman E.

FONTE

American Society for Clinical Investigation

RESUMO

Mammalian aging occurs in part because of a decline in the restorative capacity of tissue stem cells. These self-renewing cells are rendered malignant by a small number of oncogenic mutations, and overlapping tumor suppressor mechanisms (e.g., p16INK4a-Rb, ARF-p53, and the telomere) have evolved to ward against this possibility. These beneficial antitumor pathways, however, appear also to limit the stem cell life span, thereby contributing to aging.

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