Meaning of zombie cell | Babel Free

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A senescent cell, which avoids programmed cell death (apoptosis) and may damage other cells (including causing them to become senescent) by secretions associated with senescence-associated secretory phenotype.

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“Senescent cells are often referred to as "zombie cells," because even though they should be dead, they refuse⟳ to die⟳. In the petri dish and in frozen, thinly sliced tissue sections, we can stain zombie cells blue because they make⟳ a rare enzyme called beta-galactosidase, and when we do that, they light⟳ up clearly.”

“Known as senolytic therapies, these drugs destroy⟳ the inflammation-producing zombie cells believed to be one of the causes of aging.”

“2022, Louann Brizendine, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, Penguin Random House (Harmony Books), unnumbered page, Without restful sleep⟳, they can't do their job of balancing debris and inflammation, and that can lead⟳ to the emergence of zombie cells.”

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