Senescence Evasion in Chemotherapy: A Sweet Spot for p21.

Ashraf, Humza M; Moser, Justin; Spencer, Sabrina L · Cell · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Time-lapse imaging reveals a nuanced role for p21 in cancer cells challenged with chemotherapeutic drugs: cells with either high or low p21 are biased toward senescence, whereas intermediate p21 allows cells to re-enter the cell cycle after drug treatment.

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