Résumé
Epithelial cancers of the elderly are caused by a combination of telomere dysfunction and the mutational invalidation of major tumor suppressors including p53. A recent article published in Cell by Davoli et al. shows that the simultaneous elimination of p53 and telomerase causes a state of chronic DNA damage that results in tetraploidization through endoreplication, that is, two consecutive S phases that are not separated by mitosis. As tetraploid cells represent a metastable intermediate between normal diploidy and cancer-associated aneuploidy, this novel route to tetraploidization may constitute (one of) the functional link(s) between aging and carcinogenesis.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Pages (de - à) | 5869-5872 |
Nombre de pages | 4 |
journal | Oncogene |
Volume | 29 |
Numéro de publication | 44 |
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état | Publié - 4 nov. 2010 |