Programmed cell senescence in skeleton during late puberty

oleh: Changjun Li, Yu Chai, Lei Wang, Bo Gao, Hao Chen, Peisong Gao, Feng-Quan Zhou, Xianghang Luo, Janet L. Crane, Bin Yu, Xu Cao, Mei Wan

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Mesenchymal stem cells are essential for bone development, but it is unclear if their activity is maintained after late puberty, when bone growth decelerates. The authors show that during late puberty in mice, these cells undergo senescence under the epigenetic control of Ezh2.