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Cell cycle arrest is not yet senescence, which is not just cell cycle arrest: terminology for TOR-driven aging

Mikhail V. Blagosklonny

Aging · 2012 · ▲ 249 citations

Abstract

Cell cycle arrest is not yet senescence(definition). When the cell cycle is arrested, an inappropriate growth-promotion converts an arrest into senescence (geroconversion). By inhibiting the growth-promoting mTOR(definition) pathway, rapamycin(definition) decelerates geroconversion of the arrested cells. And as a striking example, while causing arrest, p53 may decelerate or suppress geroconversion (in some conditions). Here I discuss the meaning of geroconversion and also the terms gerogenes, gerossuppressors, gerosuppressants, gerogenic pathways, gero-promoters, hyperfunction and feedback resistance, regenerative potential, hypertrophy and secondary atrophy, pro-gerogenic and gerogenic cells.

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Blagosklonny, M.V. (2012). Cell cycle arrest is not yet senescence, which is not just cell cycle arrest: terminology for TOR-driven aging. <em>Aging</em>. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100443
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Blagosklonny MV. Cell cycle arrest is not yet senescence, which is not just cell cycle arrest: terminology for TOR-driven aging. Aging. 2012. doi:10.18632/aging.100443.
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@article{mikhail2012Cellcy, title = {Cell cycle arrest is not yet senescence, which is not just cell cycle arrest: terminology for TOR-driven aging}, author = {Mikhail V. Blagosklonny}, journal = {Aging}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.18632/aging.100443}, }

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