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. 2001 Feb 2;291(5505):872-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.1056782. Epub 2001 Jan 18.

Lack of replicative senescence in normal rodent glia

N F Mathon  1 , D S Malcolm, M C Harrisingh, L Cheng, A C Lloyd
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Lack of replicative senescence in normal rodent glia

N F Mathon et al. Science. .

Abstract

Replicative senescence is thought to be an intrinsic mechanism for limiting the proliferative life-span of normal somatic cells. We show here that rat Schwann cells can be expanded indefinitely in culture while maintaining checkpoints normally lost during the immortalization process. These findings demonstrate that senescence is not an inevitable consequence of extended proliferation in culture.

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    Shay JW, Wright WE. Shay JW, et al. Science. 2001 Feb 2;291(5505):839-40. doi: 10.1126/science.1058546. Science. 2001. PMID: 11225633 No abstract available.

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