Dear Editor,Over a half-century ago,Dr.Leonard Hayflick described the phenotype of a finite lifespan for human fibroblasts being passaged in in vitro cell culture(Hayflick et al.,1961),a phenomenon today known as repl...Dear Editor,Over a half-century ago,Dr.Leonard Hayflick described the phenotype of a finite lifespan for human fibroblasts being passaged in in vitro cell culture(Hayflick et al.,1961),a phenomenon today known as replicative cellular senescence.Cellular senescence has been defined as a state in which cells lose their potential to divide and are permanently arrested in either the G1,or arguably the G2 stage of the cell cycle(Mao et al.,2012).In addition to replicative cellular senescenee—which is induced by large amounts of DNA damage at telomeres due to loss of the specialized T-loop structure—xogenous sublethal stresses such as ionizing radiati on,genotoxic chemicals or hyper-activated on cogenes may also trigger a similar form of senescence,stress induced premature cellular senescenee(SIPS).展开更多
基金Chinese National Program on Key Basic Research Project(Grant Nos.2017YFA0103300,2015CB964800)the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.81622019,81502385,31570813 and 81601212)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Un iversities.
文摘Dear Editor,Over a half-century ago,Dr.Leonard Hayflick described the phenotype of a finite lifespan for human fibroblasts being passaged in in vitro cell culture(Hayflick et al.,1961),a phenomenon today known as replicative cellular senescence.Cellular senescence has been defined as a state in which cells lose their potential to divide and are permanently arrested in either the G1,or arguably the G2 stage of the cell cycle(Mao et al.,2012).In addition to replicative cellular senescenee—which is induced by large amounts of DNA damage at telomeres due to loss of the specialized T-loop structure—xogenous sublethal stresses such as ionizing radiati on,genotoxic chemicals or hyper-activated on cogenes may also trigger a similar form of senescence,stress induced premature cellular senescenee(SIPS).