The quest to slow ageing through drug discovery

L Partridge, M Fuentealba, BK Kennedy - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Although death is inevitable, individuals have long sought to alter the course of the ageing
process. Indeed, ageing has proved to be modifiable; by intervening in biological systems …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment and cellular senescence: Understanding therapeutic resistance and harnessing strategies

H Liu, H Zhao, Y Sun - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major contributor to cancer malignancy including
development of therapeutic resistance, a process mediated in part through intercellular …

[HTML][HTML] ARDD 2020: from aging mechanisms to interventions

GV Mkrtchyan, K Abdelmohsen, P Andreux… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging is emerging as a druggable target with growing interest from academia, industry and
investors. New technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced screening …

Hsp90: from cellular to organismal proteostasis

M Somogyvári, S Khatatneh, C Sőti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Assuring a healthy proteome is indispensable for survival and organismal health. Proteome
disbalance and the loss of the proteostasis buffer are hallmarks of various diseases. The …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical activation of FOXO3 for healthy longevity

RL McIntyre, YJ Liu, M Hu, BJ Morris, BJ Willcox… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Life expectancy has increased substantially over the last 150 years. Yet this means that now
most people also spend a greater length of time suffering from various age-associated …

Exploiting inter-tissue stress signaling mechanisms to preserve organismal proteostasis during aging

P van Oosten-Hawle - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aging results in a decline of cellular proteostasis capacity which culminates in the
accumulation of phototoxic material, causing the onset of age-related maladies and …

Anti-retroviral treatment with zidovudine alters pyrimidine metabolism, reduces translation, and extends healthy longevity via ATF-4

RL McIntyre, M Molenaars, BV Schomakers, AW Gao… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The human population is aging, and the need for interventions to slow progression of age-
related diseases (geroprotective interventions) is growing. Repurposing compounds already …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in the aging process: another puzzling role for this highly conserved transcription factor

V Brinkmann, N Ale-Agha, J Haendeler… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aging is the most important risk factor for the development of major life-threatening diseases
such as cardiovascular disorders, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. The aging …

Schizophrenia and epigenetic aging biomarkers: increased mortality, reduced cancer risk, and unique clozapine effects

AT Higgins-Chen, MP Boks, CH Vinkers, RS Kahn… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia (SZ) is associated with increased all-cause mortality, smoking,
and age-associated proteins, yet multiple previous studies found no association between SZ …

Youthful and age‐related matreotypes predict drugs promoting longevity

C Statzer, E Jongsma, SX Liu, A Dakhovnik… - Aging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The identification and validation of drugs that promote health during aging (“geroprotectors”)
are key to the retardation or prevention of chronic age‐related diseases. Here, we found that …