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Biomarkers to identify and isolate senescent cells.

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posted on 2016-06-16, 13:37 authored by Mantas Matjusaitis, Greg Chin, Ethan Anders Sarnoski, Alexandra StolzingAlexandra Stolzing
Aging is the main risk factor for many degenerative diseases and declining health. Senescent cells are part of the underlying mechanism for time-dependent tissue dysfunction. These cells can negatively affect neighbouring cells through an altered secretory phenotype: the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). The SASP induces senescence in healthy cells, promotes tumour formation and progression, and contributes to other age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis, immune-senescence and neurodegeneration. Removal of senescent cells was recently demonstrated to delay age-related degeneration and extend lifespan. To better understand cell aging and to reap the benefits of senescent cell removal, it is necessary to have a reliable biomarker to identify these cells. Following an introduction to cellular senescence, we discuss several classes of biomarkers in the context of their utility in identifying and/or removing senescent cells from tissues. Although senescence can be induced by a variety of stimuli, senescent cells share some characteristics that enable their identification both in vitro and in vivo. Nevertheless, it may prove difficult to identify a single biomarker capable of distinguishing senescence in all cell types. Therefore, this will not be a comprehensive review of all senescence biomarkers but rather an outlook on technologies and markers that are most suitable to identify and isolate senescent cells.

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The work presented in this paper was made possible by funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF1315883)

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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Ageing research reviews

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MATJUSAITIS, M. ...et al., 2016. Biomarkers to identify and isolate senescent cells. Ageing Research Reviews, 29, pp. 1-12.

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© Elsevier

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2016

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This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Ageing Research Reviews and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2016.05.003.

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1568-1637

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1872-9649

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  • en

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