Mitochondria as playmakers of apoptosis, autophagy and senescence

M Abate, A Festa, M Falco, A Lombardi, A Luce… - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are the key energy-producing organelles and cellular source of reactive
species. They are responsible for managing cell life and death by a balanced homeostasis …

The continuum of aging and age-related diseases: common mechanisms but different rates

C Franceschi, P Garagnani, C Morsiani, M Conte… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Geroscience, the new interdisciplinary field that aims to understand the relationship between
aging and chronic age-related diseases (ARDs) and geriatric syndromes (GSs), is based on …

The mesenchymal context in inflammation, immunity and cancer

V Koliaraki, A Prados, M Armaka, G Kollias - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Mesenchymal cells are mesoderm-derived stromal cells that are best known for providing
structural support to organs, synthesizing and remodeling the extracellular matrix (ECM) and …

Update on the pathogenesis and treatment of skeletal fragility in type 2 diabetes mellitus

S Khosla, P Samakkarnthai, DG Monroe… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Fracture risk is increased in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In addition, these
patients sustain fractures despite having higher levels of areal bone mineral density, as …

Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of cellular senescence in osteoarthritis

PR Coryell, BO Diekman, RF Loeser - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2021 - nature.com
The development of osteoarthritis (OA) correlates with a rise in the number of senescent
cells in joint tissues, and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) has been …

Evasion of apoptosis by myofibroblasts: a hallmark of fibrotic diseases

B Hinz, D Lagares - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Organ fibrosis is a lethal outcome of autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as systemic
sclerosis. Myofibroblasts are scar-forming cells that are ultimately responsible for the …

CDK4/6 inhibition triggers anti-tumour immunity

S Goel, MJ DeCristo, AC Watt, H BrinJones, J Sceneay… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) are fundamental drivers of the cell
cycle and are required for the initiation and progression of various malignancies …

Senescence rewires microenvironment sensing to facilitate antitumor immunity

HA Chen, YJ Ho, R Mezzadra, JM Adrover, R Smolkin… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Cellular senescence involves a stable cell-cycle arrest coupled to a secretory program that,
in some instances, stimulates the immune clearance of senescent cells. Using an immune …

Myeloid immunosuppression and immune checkpoints in the tumor microenvironment

K Nakamura, MJ Smyth - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor-promoting inflammation and the avoidance of immune destruction are hallmarks of
cancer. While innate immune cells, such as neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages, are …

Contributions of age-related thymic involution to immunosenescence and inflammaging

R Thomas, W Wang, DM Su - Immunity & Ageing, 2020 - Springer
Immune system aging is characterized by the paradox of immunosenescence (insufficiency)
and inflammaging (over-reaction), which incorporate two sides of the same coin, resulting in …