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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2011

Apoptosis and aging: increased resistance to apoptosis enhances the aging process.

Antero Salminen, Johanna Ojala, Kai Kaarniranta

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antero SalminenDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. antero.salminen@uef.fi
Johanna Ojala
Kai Kaarniranta
University of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apoptosis is a vital component in the evolutionarily conserved host defense system. Apoptosis is the guardian of tissue integrity by removing unfit and injured cells without evoking inflammation. However, apoptosis seems to be a double-edged sword since during low-level chronic stress, such as in aging, increased resistance to apoptosis can lead to the survival of functionally deficient, post-mitotic cells with damaged housekeeping functions. Senescent cells are remarkably resistant to apoptosis, and several studies indicate that host defense mechanisms can enhance anti-apoptotic signaling, which subsequently induces a senescent, pro-inflammatory phenotype during the aging process. At the molecular level, age-related resistance to apoptosis involves (1) functional deficiency in p53 network, (2) increased activity in the NF-κB-IAP/JNK axis, and (3) changes in molecular chaperones, microRNAs, and epigenetic regulation. We will discuss the molecular basis of age-related resistance to apoptosis and emphasize that increased resistance could enhance the aging process.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAgingAnimalsApoptosisCellular SenescenceHumansMAP Kinase Kinase 4Molecular ChaperonesMorphogenesisNeoplasmsNF-kappa BTumor Suppressor Protein p53MAP Kinase Kinase 4Molecular ChaperonesNF-kappa BTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID21116678
PMCPMC11114781
OpenAlexW2023881529

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