The naked mole-rat as a model for healthy aging

K Oka, M Yamakawa, Y Kawamura… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Naked mole-rats (NMRs, Heterocephalus glaber) are the longest-lived rodents with a
maximum life span exceeding 37 years. They exhibit a delayed aging phenotype and …

Convergent TP53 loss and evolvability in cancer

MB Mansur, M Greaves - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Springer
Cancer cell populations evolve by a stepwise process involving natural selection of the fittest
variants within a tissue ecosystem context and as modified by therapy. Genomic scrutiny of …

Cellular senescence induction leads to progressive cell death via the INK4a‐RB pathway in naked mole‐rats

Y Kawamura, K Oka, T Semba, M Takamori… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Naked mole‐rats (NMRs) have exceptional longevity and are resistant to age‐related
physiological decline and diseases. Given the role of cellular senescence in aging, we …

A zinc finger transcription factor enables social behaviors while controlling transposable elements and immune response in prefrontal cortex

NL Truby, RK Kim, GM Silva, X Qu, JA Picone… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
The neurobiological origins of social behaviors are incompletely understood. Here we
utilized synthetic biology approaches to reprogram the function of ZFP189, a transcription …

Cell death as an architect of adult skin stem cell niches

K Lecomte, A Toniolo, E Hoste - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2024 - nature.com
Our skin provides a physical and immunological barrier against dehydration and
environmental insults ranging from microbial attacks, toxins and UV irradiation to wounding …

Macrophages from naked mole-rat possess distinct immunometabolic signatures upon polarization

EA Gorshkova, EO Gubernatorova… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The naked mole-rat (NMR) is a unique long-lived rodent which is highly resistant to age-
associated disorders and cancer. The immune system of NMR possesses a distinct cellular …

Morc1 reestablishes H3K9me3 heterochromatin on piRNA-targeted transposons in gonocytes

Y Uneme, R Maeda, G Nakayama… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
To maintain fertility, male mice re-repress transposable elements (TEs) that were de-
silenced in the early gonocytes before their differentiation into spermatogonia. However, the …

Carcinogenesis resistance in the longest‐lived rodent, the naked mole‐rat

Y Yamamura, Y Kawamura, K Oka, K Miura - Cancer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Certain mammalian species are resistant to cancer, and a better understanding of how this
cancer resistance arises could provide valuable insights for basic cancer research. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] The skin of the naked mole-rat and its resilience against aging and cancer

M Wlaschek, K Singh, P Maity… - Mechanisms of Ageing …, 2023 - Elsevier
The naked mole-rat (NMR) Heterocephalus glaber (from the Greek/latin words ἕτερος,
heteros= divergent, κεφαλή, kephalē= head and glabra= hairless) was first described by …

The interplay between cell death and senescence in cancer

K Shimizu, H Inuzuka, F Tokunaga - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence is a state of permanent proliferative arrest that occurs in response to
DNA damage-inducing endogenous and exogenous stresses, and is often accompanied by …