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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Aging. 2023 Jun 29;3(7):766–775. doi: 10.1038/s43587-023-00447-5

Figure 2. Cellular senescence as an adaptation to damage in tissues.

Figure 2

A burst of damage that is a consequence of wounding results in an adaptive response, cell cycle arrest and induction of cellular senescence needed to cause transient inflammation and to remodel the extracellular matrix (ECM). Damage is also present during aging, but its irreparability leads to the persistence of cellular senescence, chronic inflammation and ECM degradation.