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ArticleAging cell2019

Senescent cells: A new Achilles' heel to exploit for cancer medicine?

Boyi Zhang, Eric W-F Lam, Yu Sun

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Article in Aging cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

The trial behind it

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Boyi ZhangKey Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Eric W-F LamDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Yu SunKey Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7121-9112
Imperial College London · GBShanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health · CNUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Breast Cancer Now 2012MayPR070Breast Cancer Now 2012MAYPR070Breast Cancer Now 2012NovPhD016Breast Cancer Now 2012NOVPHD016Cancer Research UK 12011Cancer Research UK A12011CRUK A12011Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom MR/N012097/1National 1000 Young Talents Research Program of China and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) PC111703National Key Research and Development Program of China 2016YFC1302400National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31671425National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31871380National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 81472709NIHR Imperial BRC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence is a typical tumor-suppressive mechanism that restricts the proliferation of premalignant cells. However, mounting evidence suggests that senescent cells, which also persist in vivo, can promote the incidence of aging-related disorders principally via the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), among which cancer is particularly devastating. Despite the beneficial effects of the SASP on certain physiological events such as wound healing and tissue repair, more studies have demonstrated that senescent cells can substantially contribute to pathological conditions and accelerate disease exacerbation, particularly cancer resistance, relapse and metastasis. To limit the detrimental properties while retaining the beneficial aspects of senescent cells, research advancements that support screening, design and optimization of anti-aging therapeutic agents are in rapid progress in the setting of prospective development of clinical strategies, which together represent a new wave of efforts to control human malignancies or mitigate degenerative complications.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceAntineoplastic AgentsHumansNeoplasmsOncogenesPhenotypeAntineoplastic Agentsaging-related diseasescancercellular senescenceclinical trialsenescence-associated secretory phenotypesenolytics

Identifiers

PMID30450821
PMCPMC6351840
OpenAlexW2901503059

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