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 …

Cellular senescence in cancer: from mechanisms to detection

HL Ou, R Hoffmann, C González‐López… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Senescence refers to a cellular state featuring a stable cell‐cycle arrest triggered in
response to stress. This response also involves other distinct morphological and intracellular …

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 …

Senolytics for cancer therapy: is all that glitters really gold?

VJ Carpenter, T Saleh, DA Gewirtz - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Senescence is an essential component of tumor cell biology and is a
primary cell stress response to therapy. While the long-term impact of senescence in cancer …

Development of encorafenib for BRAF-mutated advanced melanoma

P Koelblinger, O Thuerigen… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Combination therapy with BRAF and MEKi has evolved as a standard of care in the
treatment of locally advanced or metastatic BRAF V600-mutated melanoma. Despite …

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 …

Atg7 Overcomes Senescence and Promotes Growth of BrafV600E-Driven Melanoma

X Xie, JY Koh, S Price, E White, JM Mehnert - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
Macroautophagy (autophagy hereafter) may promote survival and growth of spontaneous
tumors, including melanoma. We utilized a genetically engineered mouse model of …

Targeting the senescence-overriding cooperative activity of structurally unrelated H3K9 demethylases in melanoma

Y Yu, K Schleich, B Yue, S Ji, P Lohneis, K Kemper… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Oncogene-induced senescence, eg, in melanocytic nevi, terminates the expansion of pre-
malignant cells via transcriptional silencing of proliferation-related genes due to decoration …

Microenvironment-driven dynamic heterogeneity and phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism of melanoma therapy resistance

F Ahmed, NK Haass - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drug resistance constitutes a major challenge in designing melanoma therapies.
Microenvironment-driven tumor heterogeneity and plasticity play a key role in this …

[HTML][HTML] The senescence-associated secretory phenotype: critical effector in skin cancer and aging

K Ghosh, BC Capell - Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2016 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence, a state of stable cell cycle arrest in response to cellular stress, is an
indispensable mechanism to counter tumorigenesis by halting the proliferation of damaged …