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ArticleJournal of aging research2011

Regulation of senescence in cancer and aging.

Yahui Kong, Hang Cui, Charusheila Ramkumar, Hong Zhang

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Article in Journal of aging research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yahui KongDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S7-125, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Hang Cui
Charusheila Ramkumar
Hong Zhang
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Genetic pathways of replicative senescence and its function in tumorigenesisR01CA131210 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ZHANG, HONG · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA131210
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescence is regarded as a physiological response of cells to stress, including telomere dysfunction, aberrant oncogenic activation, DNA damage, and oxidative stress. This stress response has an antagonistically pleiotropic effect to organisms: beneficial as a tumor suppressor, but detrimental by contributing to aging. The emergence of senescence as an effective tumor suppression mechanism is highlighted by recent demonstration that senescence prevents proliferation of cells at risk of neoplastic transformation. Consequently, induction of senescence is recognized as a potential treatment of cancer. Substantial evidence also suggests that senescence plays an important role in aging, particularly in aging of stem cells. In this paper, we will discuss the molecular regulation of senescence its role in cancer and aging. The potential utility of senescence in cancer therapeutics will also be discussed.

Identifiers

PMID21423549
PMCPMC3056284
OpenAlexW2043959500

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