Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Stem cell senescence drives age-attenuated induction of pituitary tumours in mouse models of paediatric craniopharyngioma

  • Jose Mario Gonzalez-Meljem,
  • Scott Haston,
  • Gabriela Carreno,
  • John R. Apps,
  • Sara Pozzi,
  • Christina Stache,
  • Grace Kaushal,
  • Alex Virasami,
  • Leonidas Panousopoulos,
  • Seyedeh Neda Mousavy-Gharavy,
  • Ana Guerrero,
  • Mamunur Rashid,
  • Nital Jani,
  • Colin R. Goding,
  • Thomas S. Jacques,
  • David J. Adams,
  • Jesus Gil,
  • Cynthia L. Andoniadou,
  • Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01992-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Senescent cells can promote tumour progression through the activation of a senescenceassociated secretory phenotype (SASP). Here, the authors show that SASP activation is associated with non-cell autonomous cell transformation and tumour initiation in an in vivo model of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma.