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Telomeres, stem cells, senescence, and cancer.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 2004
Sharpless Norman E, DePinho Ronald A
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian aging occurs in part because of a decline in the restorative capacity of tissue stem cells. These self-renewing cells are rendered malignant by a small number of oncogenic mutations, and overlapping tumor suppressor mechanisms (e.g., p16(INK4a)-Rb, ARF-p53, and the telomere) have evolved to ward against this possibility. These beneficial antitumor pathways, however, appear also to limit the stem cell...
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