title: Cellular senescence.
abstract: The ageing of cells, cellular senescence, is an event that is encountered in all normal cells. Cells grown in vitro have a limited life span and do not grow well after a certain number of divisions. They cease to divide and eventually die. In accordance with this, the life expectancy of an established cell culture depends on the age of the donor. Cells that have undergone immortalization via a crisis period of transformation by chemicals or viruses, as well as malignant cell lines in general, have an ability to divide indefinitely. A distinct form of cell death, apoptosis or programmed cell death, is encountered in many physiological situations like in keratinocyte differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keski-Oja
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D001669:Biochemical Phenomena; D001671:Biochemistry; D016923:Cell Death; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D009336:Necrosis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal