title: Senescence-messaging secretome: SMS-ing cellular stress.
abstract: Oncogene-induced cellular senescence constitutes a strong anti-proliferative response, which can be set in motion following either oncogene activation or loss of tumour suppressor signalling. It serves to limit the expansion of early neoplastic cells and as such is a potent cancer-protective response to oncogenic events. Recently emerging evidence points to a crucial role in oncogene-induced cellular senescence for the 'senescence-messaging secretome' or SMS, setting the stage for cross-talk between senescent cells and their environment. How are such signals integrated into a coordinated response and what are the implications of this unexpected finding?
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuilman
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Peeper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins