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Here, we describe that pharmacological inhibition of importin-\u03b2 nuclear import is capable of perturbing cell cycle machinery both in mitotic neuronal cell lines and post-mitotic primary neurons\n                  <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                  . Our\n                  <jats:italic>Nemf<\/jats:italic>\n                  <jats:sup>R86S<\/jats:sup>\n                  mouse model of motor neuron disease, characterized by nuclear import defects, further recapitulates the hallmarks of CCD in mitotic cell lines and in post-mitotic primary neurons\n                  <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                  , and in spinal motor neurons\n                  <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                  . The observed CCD is consistent with the transcriptional and phenotypical dysregulation observed in neuronal cell death and cellular senescence in NDDs. Together, this evidence suggests that impairment of nuclear import pathways resulting in CCD may be a common driver of pathology in neurodegeneration.\n                <\/jats:p>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Graphical Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:fig id=\"figa1\" position=\"float\" orientation=\"portrait\" fig-type=\"figure\">\n                    <jats:label>Graphical Abstract:<\/jats:label>\n                    <jats:caption>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        Overview of Dysregulated Cell Cycle Mechanisms in Neuronal Cells. A nuclear import block drives cell cycle re-entry from G\n                        <jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub>\n                        , culminating in cell cycle arrest at G\n                        <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                        \/S. 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