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NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 579-590Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3420
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [Ru745-11, Ru745-10, SPP1356]
- Baden-Wurttemberg Stiftung [ASII-12]
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DNA damage induces cell-intrinsic checkpoints, including p53 and retinoblastoma (RB), as well as upstream regulators (exonuclease 1 (EXO1), ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM), ATR, p16(INK4a) and p19(ARF)) and downstream targets (p21, PUMA (p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis) and sestrins). Clearance of damaged cells by cell-intrinsic checkpoints suppresses carcinogenesis but as a downside may impair stem cell and tissue maintenance during ageing. Modulating the activity of DNA damage checkpoints can either accelerate or decelerate tissue ageing and age-related carcinogenesis. The outcome depends on cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic mechanisms that regulate the clearance of damaged cells and on the molecular context in ageing tissues, including the level of DNA damage accumulation itself.
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