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senolysis

senolysis noun: the destruction of senescent cells, such as to alleviate age-related diseases.

Noun

senolysis (countable and uncountable, plural senolyses)

  1. The destruction of senescent cells, such as to alleviate age-related diseases.
    • These strategies consist of senolysis, immune-mediated senescent cell clearance and SASP neutralisation.2020, Joanne Laycock, et al., 7: The Role of Chronic Kidney Disease in Ectopic Calcification, Elena Aikawa, Joshua D. Hutcheson (editors), Cardiovascular Calcification and Bone Mineralization...
    • This immune cell-mediated senolysis seems to be facilitated via direct cell-cell contact inducing apoptosis and granule exocytosis.2022, Franziska Kellers, et al., Senescence-Associated Molecules and Tumor-Immune-Interactions as Prognostic Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer, Arndt Hartmann, Luca Di Tommaso (editors), Rising Stars...

Forms of senolysis

pluralsenolyses

Origin of senolysis

From seno- + -lysis.

Questions about senolysis

What does senolysis mean?
Senolysis means the destruction of senescent cells, such as to alleviate age-related diseases.
What part of speech is senolysis?
Senolysis is a noun.
What is the plural of senolysis?
The plural of senolysis is senolyses.

Words near senolysis in the dictionary

  1. Senoi
  2. Senoic
  3. senologist
  4. senologists
  5. senology
  6. senolysis
  7. senolytic
  8. senolytics
  9. senomorphic
  10. senomorphics
  11. senone

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