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ArticleAutophagy2013

Autophagy and senescence: a partnership in search of definition.

David A Gewirtz

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Article in Autophagy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

David A GewirtzDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. gewirtz@vcu.edu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy and senescence share a number of characteristics, which suggests that both responses could serve to collaterally protect the cell from the toxicity of external stress such as radiation and chemotherapy and internal forms of stress such as telomere shortening and oncogene activation. Studies of oncogene activation in normal fibroblasts as well as exposure of tumor cells to chemotherapy have indicated that autophagy and senescence are closely related but not necessarily interdependent responses; specifically, interference with autophagy delays but does not abrogate senescence. The literature relating to this topic is inconclusive, with some reports appearing to be consistent with a direct relationship between autophagy and senescence and others indicative of an inverse relationship. Before this question can be resolved, additional studies will be necessary where autophagy is clearly inhibited by genetic silencing and where the temporal responses of both autophagy and senescence are monitored, preferably in cells that are intrinsically incapable of apoptosis or where apoptosis is suppressed. Understanding the nature of this relationship may provide needed insights relating to cytoprotective as well as potential cytotoxic functions of both autophagy and senescence.

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AutophagyCellular SenescenceAnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCytoprotectionEndothelial CellsFibroblastsHumansMiceNeoplasmsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionReactive Oxygen Speciesautophagysenescence

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PMID23422284
PMCPMC3669198

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