Geroconversion: Irreversible step to cellular senescence

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 3628-3635

  Blagosklonny, Mikhail V ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell cycle arrest; Gerogenic conversion; MTOR; Oncogenic trsnformation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RAPAMYCIN;

CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE REPRESSION; GEROCONVERSION; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920578477     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.985507     Document Type: Review

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