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Inactivation of p53 Function in Cultured Human Mammary Epithelial Cells Turns the Telomere-Length Dependent Senescence Barrier from Agonescence into Crisis
1 Aug 2007
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Cultured human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC) encounter two distinct barriers to indefinite growth. The first barrier, originally termed selection, can be overcome through loss of expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4A). The resultant p16-, p53+ post-selection HMEC encounter a second barrier, termed agonescence, associated with critically shortened telomeres and widespread chromosomal...
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