prosenescent

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Etymology[edit]

pro- +‎ senescent

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prosenescent (comparative more prosenescent, superlative most prosenescent)

  1. (biology) Promoting senescence.
    • 2015 July 5, V. Conti et al., “Sirtuin 1 and Aging Theory for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam)[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Interestingly, while antisenescence factors like SIRT1 decreased, the expression levels of prosenescent factors, such as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A and caveolin-1, increased in a COPD staging-dependent manner.

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