Senescent cells: an emerging target for diseases of ageing. Childs, B. G., Gluscevic, M., Baker, D. J., Laberge, R., Marquess, D., Dananberg, J., & van Deursen, J. M. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 16(10):718–735, October, 2017. Number: 10 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Cellular senescence is a tumour-suppressive fate by which damaged cells permanently withdraw from the cell cycle and acquire a distinct secretome.A variety of age-related diseases as well as beneficial, normal processes have been linked to either senescence arrest or to factors released in the senescent cell (SNC) secretome in recent years.Evidence for a potential role of SNCs in major diseases, including osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer, has sparked interest in the development of senotherapies, treatments aimed at neutralizing the disease-causing features of SNCs.One main senotherapeutic strategy is senolysis in which drugs (senolytics) are used to specifically and efficiently kill SNCs. First-generation senolytics generally act by inhibiting pro-survival adaptations that SNCs use to resist apoptosis and have shown efficacy against atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis and other age-related diseases.Inhibition of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) may be another useful senotherapy, but — in contrast to senolysis — this would likely require continuous dosing, whereas SNC killing could be carried out intermittently.Senotherapy is a promising new approach to treating age-related diseases, but successfully translating this to the clinic will require new methods for evaluating SNC burden in humans, a clear mechanistic understanding of the link between senescence and disease and proof that senotherapy is safe.
@article{childs_senescent_2017,
	title = {Senescent cells: an emerging target for diseases of ageing},
	volume = {16},
	copyright = {2017 Springer Nature Limited},
	issn = {1474-1784},
	shorttitle = {Senescent cells},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.116},
	doi = {10.1038/nrd.2017.116},
	abstract = {Cellular senescence is a tumour-suppressive fate by which damaged cells permanently withdraw from the cell cycle and acquire a distinct secretome.A variety of age-related diseases as well as beneficial, normal processes have been linked to either senescence arrest or to factors released in the senescent cell (SNC) secretome in recent years.Evidence for a potential role of SNCs in major diseases, including osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer, has sparked interest in the development of senotherapies, treatments aimed at neutralizing the disease-causing features of SNCs.One main senotherapeutic strategy is senolysis in which drugs (senolytics) are used to specifically and efficiently kill SNCs. First-generation senolytics generally act by inhibiting pro-survival adaptations that SNCs use to resist apoptosis and have shown efficacy against atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis and other age-related diseases.Inhibition of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) may be another useful senotherapy, but — in contrast to senolysis — this would likely require continuous dosing, whereas SNC killing could be carried out intermittently.Senotherapy is a promising new approach to treating age-related diseases, but successfully translating this to the clinic will require new methods for evaluating SNC burden in humans, a clear mechanistic understanding of the link between senescence and disease and proof that senotherapy is safe.},
	language = {en},
	number = {10},
	urldate = {2023-08-17},
	journal = {Nature Reviews Drug Discovery},
	author = {Childs, Bennett G. and Gluscevic, Martina and Baker, Darren J. and Laberge, Remi-Martin and Marquess, Dan and Dananberg, Jamie and van Deursen, Jan M.},
	month = oct,
	year = {2017},
	note = {Number: 10
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
	keywords = {Ageing, Drug discovery, Senescence},
	pages = {718--735},
}

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