NAD+ metabolism and its roles in cellular processes during ageing

AJ Covarrubias, R Perrone, A Grozio… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a coenzyme for redox reactions, making it
central to energy metabolism. NAD+ is also an essential cofactor for non-redox NAD+ …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on the contribution of oxidative stress in skin aging

F Papaccio, S Caputo, B Bellei - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Skin aging is one of the most evident signs of human aging. Modification of the skin during
the life span is characterized by fine lines and wrinkling, loss of elasticity and volume, laxity …

Senolytic drugs: from discovery to translation

JL Kirkland, T Tchkonia - Journal of internal medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Senolytics are a class of drugs that selectively clear senescent cells (SC). The first senolytic
drugs Dasatinib, Quercetin, Fisetin and Navitoclax were discovered using a hypothesis …

Senolytics reduce coronavirus-related mortality in old mice

CD Camell, MJ Yousefzadeh, Y Zhu, LGPL Prata… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic revealed enhanced vulnerability of the elderly
and chronically ill to adverse outcomes upon severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Benefits of metformin in attenuating the hallmarks of aging

AS Kulkarni, S Gubbi, N Barzilai - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Biological aging involves an interplay of conserved and targetable molecular mechanisms,
summarized as the hallmarks of aging. Metformin, a biguanide that combats age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease

LTJ Hickson, LGPL Prata, SA Bobart, TK Evans… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Senescent cells, which can release factors that cause inflammation and
dysfunction, the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), accumulate with …

From discoveries in ageing research to therapeutics for healthy ageing

J Campisi, P Kapahi, GJ Lithgow, S Melov, JC Newman… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
For several decades, understanding ageing and the processes that limit lifespan have
challenged biologists. Thirty years ago, the biology of ageing gained unprecedented …

Measuring biological aging in humans: A quest

L Ferrucci, M Gonzalez‐Freire, E Fabbri… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The global population of individuals over the age of 65 is growing at an unprecedented rate
and is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050. Most older individuals are affected by multiple …

Cellular senescence: aging, cancer, and injury

A Calcinotto, J Kohli, E Zagato… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Cellular senescence is a permanent state of cell cycle arrest that occurs in proliferating cells
subjected to different stresses. Senescence is, therefore, a cellular defense mechanism that …

Senolytics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: results from a first-in-human, open-label, pilot study

JN Justice, AM Nambiar, T Tchkonia, NK LeBrasseur… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Cellular senescence is a key mechanism that drives age-related diseases, but
has yet to be targeted therapeutically in humans. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a …