Article
Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases induce features of replicative senescence in early passage human diploid fibroblasts.
Current biology : CB - 12 Mar 1998
McConnell B B, Starborg M, Brookes S, Peters G
Abstract excerpt
After a limited number of population doublings (PDs), cultures of normal mammalian diploid cells undergo an irreversible growth arrest known as replicative senescence [1]. As well as contributing to cellular ageing, senescence is viewed as an important mechanism of tumour suppression by preventing the emergence of immortal cell clones [2-4]. Senescent cells have a number of characteristics that distinguish them...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cells, Cultured
- Cellular Senescence
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
- Cyclins
