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Name p21(waf1)
Type gene
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue Human primary fibroblasts (IMR90 passage 12, ATCC);; MCF10A cells
Experiment Method RNA interference;Real-time RT-PCR;Western blotting;Immunofluorescence microscopy;SA-bGal
Up/Down Up
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description To this aim we depleted Mad2 by RNAi to a level shown by Mad2 haplo-insufficient cells and found that induced aneuploidy caused premature cellular senescence in IMR90 cells.IMR91 cells showed typical features of senescent cells, like senescence-associated
Regulation Gene NA
Year 2012
Pubmed ID 22170163
Title MAD2 depletion triggers premature cellular senescence in human primary fibroblasts by activating a p54 pathway preventing aneuploid cells propagation.
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA