Quantitative model of cell cycle arrest and cellular senescence in primary human fibroblasts.

Primary human fibroblasts in tissue culture undergo a limited number of cell divisions before entering a non-replicative "senescent" state. At early population doublings (PD), fibroblasts are proliferation-competent displaying exponential growth. During further cell passaging, an increasin...

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Main Authors: Sascha Schäuble, Karolin Klement, Shiva Marthandan, Sandra Münch, Ines Heiland, Stefan Schuster, Peter Hemmerich, Stephan Diekmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3413708?pdf=render