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Senescence in polyploid giant cancer cells: A road that leads to chemoresistance.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews - 1 Apr 2020
Bharadwaj Deblina, Mandal Mahitosh
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Cellular senescence has been associated with age-related diseases, wound healing, fibrosis, diabetes and cancer. Senescent cells lack the capacity to proliferate, but are known to aggravate tumorigenesis. The polyploid giant cells arise from the cancer cell population mainly due to genotoxic stress caused by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. They exhibit features of senescence and have been reported to secrete an...
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