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"We have shown that the cyclin dependent kinase Cdk2, although redundant for cell cycle progression, has a unique role in suppressing a Myc induced senescence program : Myc activation elicited expression of p16 (INK4a) and p21 (Cip1), and caused senescence in cells lacking Cdk2, but not in Cdk2-proficient cells."
"studies showing that the ARF gene encoded by the tumor-suppressive gene locus, INK4A, is induced after expression of c-MYC or other mitogenic transcription factors, like E2F [33]. The authors suggest that activation of cell cycle deregulating genes is translated into activation of the ARF gene, which encodes a p53-stabilizing protein [34]. Consistent with this model, fibroblasts from ARF-/- mice are largely refractory to c-MYC-induced apoptosis"