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Cellular Senescence

"Cellular Senescence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Process by which cells irreversibly stop dividing and enter a state of permanent growth arrest without undergoing CELL DEATH. Senescence can be induced by DNA DAMAGE or other cellular stresses, such as OXIDATIVE STRESS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cellular Senescence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cellular Senescence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 84 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2014
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