We and others have shown that the Polycomb chromatin complex represses the Ink4a / b locus in various adult stem cells and p15 /
p16 upregulation during aging is linked to loss of Polycomb repression.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, we detected
upregulation of
p16 and p15 in Polycomb - null skin epithelial stem cells in young mice where it is normally detected only in aged animals.