About this Research Topic
Advances in our understanding of the molecular control pathways underpinning entry into, and exit from, senescence, and the environmental and genetic factors that are causal in these processes are necessary to develop effective interventions. Equally, methodology that enables the specific identification of senescent cells, among their growing and quiescent counterparts is required to ensure that future therapeutics can be properly targeted and the effects of manipulation of the senescent population fully understood. The development of broad spectrum anti-degenerative therapeutics requires proper analysis of potential differential cellular effects across multiple tissue types, and even species.
In this Research Topic, we aim to showcase both fundamental and translational advances in our understanding of cellular senescence, which will form the basis of future therapeutics for age-related degenerative changes. This includes, but is not restricted to:
• Phenotypic characterization of senescent cells in novel tissue types and species
• Characterization of extracellular impact of senescent cells
• Development of visualization and identification methods
• Novel molecular mechanisms controlling entry into and exit from senescence
• Methods for screening the effects of potential senotherapeutics
• Synthesis and bioevaluation of novel senotherapeutics
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Keywords: Ageing, Senolytics, Anti-Degeneratives, Molecular Mechanisms, Senotherapeutics
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