Molecular Regulation of Melanocyte Senescence

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Cell senescence is the loss of ability to divide after a finite number of divisions, seen in normal mammalian somatic cells and often disrupted in cancer cells. The three genes so far associated with familial melanoma susceptibility--INK4A, CDK4 and ARF, are all implicated in the molecular pathways controlling cell senescence. Here we review those pathways, both as generally studied in fibroblasts and epithelial...

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