Senescent cells feed on their neighbours

Michael Overholtzer ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 574, issue 7780, 635-636

Abstract: Chemotherapy-treated cancer cells that enter a non-dividing state called senescence can nevertheless boost cancer growth. The finding that these cells eat neighbouring cells reveals a mechanism that enables senescent cells to persist.

Keywords: Cancer; Cell biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-03271-3

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