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ArticleBioscience reports2021

Expression of therapy-induced senescence markers in breast cancer samples upon incomplete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Tareq Saleh, Ahmad Alhesa, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Omar Abuelaish, Ahmad Mansour, Heyam Awad, Mohammed El-Sadoni, Valerie J Carpenter, Bilal Azab

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tareq SalehDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-2878-1107
Ahmad AlhesaDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Mahmoud Al-BalasDepartment of General and Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.
Omar AbuelaishDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan.
Ahmad MansourDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Heyam AwadDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Mohammed El-SadoniDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Valerie J CarpenterDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, U.S.A.
Bilal AzabDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
University of Jordan · JOHashemite University · JOKing Hussein Medical Center · JOVirginia Commonwealth University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescence is a cell stress response induced by replicative, oxidative, oncogenic, and genotoxic stresses. Tumor cells undergo senescence in response to several cancer therapeutics in vitro (Therapy-Induced Senescence, TIS), including agents utilized as neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in the treatment of invasive breast cancer. TIS has been proposed to contribute to adverse therapy outcomes including relapse. However, there is limited evidence on the induction of senescence in response to NAC in clinical cancer and its contribution to disease outcomes. In this work, the expression of three senescence-associated markers (p21CIP1, H3K9Me3 (histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation), and Lamin B1) was investigated in breast cancer samples that developed partial or incomplete pathological response to NAC (n=37). Accordingly, 40.54% of all samples showed marker expression consistent with a senescence-like phenotype, while the remainders were either negative or inconclusive for senescence (2.70 and 56.8%, respectively). Moreover, analysis of core-needle biopsies revealed minimal changes in p21CIP1 and H3K9Me3, but significant changes in Lamin B1 expression levels following NAC, highlighting a more predictive role of Lamin B1 in senescence detection. However, our analysis did not establish an association between TIS and cancer relapse as only three patients (8.1%) with a senescence-like profile developed short-term recurrent disease. Our analysis indicates that identification of TIS in tumor samples requires large-scale transcriptomic and protein marker analyses and extended clinical follow-up. Better understanding of in vivo senescence should elucidate its contribution to therapy outcomes and pave the way for the utilization of senolytic approaches as potential adjuvant cancer therapy.

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Cellular SenescenceNeoadjuvant TherapyBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21FemaleHistone CodeHumansLamin Type BMethylationMiddle AgedBiomarkers, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Lamin Type Bbreast cancersH3K9Me3Lamin B1Neoadjuvant Chemotherapyp21CIP1Senescence

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