Targeting anti-apoptotic pathways eliminates senescent melanocytes and leads to nevi regression

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Human melanocytic nevi (moles) result from a brief period of clonal expansion of melanocytes. As a cellular defensive mechanism against oncogene-induced hyperplasia, nevus-resident melanocytes enter a senescent state of stable cell cycle arrest. Senescent melanocytes can persist for months in mice and years in humans with a risk to escape the senescent state and progress to melanoma. The mechanisms providing...

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