The non-canonical functions of telomerase: to turn off or not to turn off

A Romaniuk, A Paszel-Jaworska, E Totoń… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - Springer
Telomerase is perceived as an immortality enzyme that enables passing the Hayflick limit. Its
main function is telomere restoration but only in a limited group of cells, including cancer …

Noncanonical functions of telomerase: implications in telomerase-targeted cancer therapies

Y Li, V Tergaonkar - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Telomerase plays a pivotal role in bypassing cellular senescence and maintaining telomere
homeostasis, essential properties required for the sustenance and progression of cancer …

Telomerase regulation: A key to inhibition?

DLM Gómez, HG Farina… - … journal of oncology, 2013 - spandidos-publications.com
Telomerase has been recognized as a common factor in most tumor cells, and in turn a
distinctive feature with respect to non-malignant cells. This feature has made telomerase a …

Role of telomeres and telomerase in aging and cancer

JW Shay - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Telomeres progressively shorten throughout life. A hallmark of advanced malignancies is
the ability for continuous cell divisions that almost universally correlates with the stabilization …

Telomerase inhibitors

LK White, WE Wright, JW Shay - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2001 - cell.com
There has been a vast increase in telomerase research over the past several years, with
many different pre-clinical approaches being tested for inhibiting the activity of this enzyme …

The many faces of telomerase: emerging extratelomeric effects

FM Bollmann - Bioessays, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Telomeres, the ends of chromosomes, shorten with each cell division. To expand their
replicative potential, various cell types use the ribonucleoprotein telomerase, which …

Telomerase: a target for cancer therapeutics

JW Shay, WE Wright - Cancer cell, 2002 - cell.com
The continuous growth of advanced malignancies almost universally correlates with the
reactivation of telomerase. While there is still a great deal of basic and applied research to …

Complex regulatory mechanisms of telomerase activity in normal and cancer cells: how can we apply them for cancer therapy?

S Kyo, M Inoue - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
Telomerase activation is observed in almost 90% of human cancers but not in normal
tissues of somatic origin and thus is a critical step for multistep carcinogenesis. A more …

Applications of telomerase research in the fight against cancer

KE McKenzie, CB Umbricht, S Sukumar - Molecular medicine today, 1999 - cell.com
Telomerase, an enzyme that confers immortality upon cells and that is active in the majority
of human tumors, has emerged as a powerful new marker and potential prognostic indicator …

Telomerase in cancer and aging

MP Granger, WE Wright, JW Shay - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2002 - Elsevier
The telomere–telomerase hypothesis is the science of cellular aging (senescence) and
cancer. The ends of chromosomes, telomeres, count the number of divisions a cell can …