Ageing, cellular senescence and neurodegenerative disease

M Kritsilis, S V. Rizou, PN Koutsoudaki… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for developing many neurodegenerative diseases. Cellular
senescence is a homeostatic biological process that has a key role in driving ageing. There …

Cellular senescence in brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases: evidence and perspectives

DJ Baker, RC Petersen - The Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Along with a general decline in overall health, most chronic degenerative human diseases
are inherently associated with increasing age. Age-associated cognitive impairments and …

APOE4 causes widespread molecular and cellular alterations associated with Alzheimer's disease phenotypes in human iPSC-derived brain cell types

YT Lin, J Seo, F Gao, HM Feldman, HL Wen, J Penney… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Summary The apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) variant is the single greatest genetic risk factor for
sporadic Alzheimer's disease (sAD). However, the cell-type-specific functions of APOE4 in …

Transcriptional and epigenetic decoding of the microglial aging process

X Li, Y Li, Y Jin, Y Zhang, J Wu, Z Xu, Y Huang, L Cai… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
As important immune cells, microglia undergo a series of alterations during aging that
increase the susceptibility to brain dysfunctions. However, the longitudinal characteristics of …

Unmasking transcriptional heterogeneity in senescent cells

A Hernandez-Segura, TV de Jong, S Melov, V Guryev… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Cellular senescence is a state of irreversibly arrested proliferation, often induced by
genotoxic stress [1]. Senescent cells participate in a variety of physiological and pathological …

Astrocyte senescence: evidence and significance

J Cohen, C Torres - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes participate in numerous aspects of central nervous system (CNS) physiology
ranging from ion balance to metabolism, and disruption of their physiological roles can …

Astrocyte senescence promotes glutamate toxicity in cortical neurons

C Limbad, TR Oron, F Alimirah, AR Davalos, TE Tracy… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Neurodegeneration is a major age-related pathology. Cognitive decline is characteristic of
patients with Alzheimer's and related dementias and cancer patients after chemo-or radio …

Oxidative stress and frailty: A systematic review and synthesis of the best evidence

P Soysal, AT Isik, AF Carvalho, BS Fernandes, M Solmi… - Maturitas, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Oxidative stress (OS) is associated with accelerated aging. Previous studies have
suggested a possible relationship between OS and frailty but this association remains …

Revisiting the neuroinflammation hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease: A focus on the druggability of current targets

M Wong-Guerra, C Calfio, RB Maccioni… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative disease and
disability in the elderly; it is estimated to account for 60%–70% of all cases of dementia …

Novel insights from a multiomics dissection of the Hayflick limit

M Chan, H Yuan, I Soifer, TM Maile, RY Wang… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The process wherein dividing cells exhaust proliferative capacity and enter into replicative
senescence has become a prominent model for cellular aging in vitro. Despite decades of …