Journal
CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells9020466
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DNA damage; OIS; RS; SIPS; SAHF; SASP
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- PRIN Class IIa HDACs as therapeutic targets in human diseases: new roles and new selective inhibitors [2017JL8SRX]
- Interreg Italia-Osterreich [rITAT1054 EPIC]
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Senescence is the end point of a complex cellular response that proceeds through a set of highly regulated steps. Initially, the permanent cell-cycle arrest that characterizes senescence is a pro-survival response to irreparable DNA damage. The maintenance of this prolonged condition requires the adaptation of the cells to an unfavorable, demanding and stressful microenvironment. This adaptation is orchestrated through a deep epigenetic resetting. A first wave of epigenetic changes builds a dam on irreparable DNA damage and sustains the pro-survival response and the cell-cycle arrest. Later on, a second wave of epigenetic modifications allows the genomic reorganization to sustain the transcription of pro-inflammatory genes. The balanced epigenetic dynamism of senescent cells influences physiological processes, such as differentiation, embryogenesis and aging, while its alteration leads to cancer, neurodegeneration and premature aging. Here we provide an overview of the most relevant histone modifications, which characterize senescence, aging and the activation of a prolonged DNA damage response.
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