Genetics meets proteomics: perspectives for large population-based studies

K Suhre, MI McCarthy, JM Schwenk - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Proteomic analysis of cells, tissues and body fluids has generated valuable insights into the
complex processes influencing human biology. Proteins represent intermediate phenotypes …

Molecular and physiological manifestations and measurement of aging in humans

SS Khan, BD Singer, DE Vaughan - Aging cell, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biological aging is associated with a reduction in the reparative and regenerative potential
in tissues and organs. This reduction manifests as a decreased physiological reserve in …

Relevance of the p53–MDM2 axis to aging

D Wu, C Prives - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
In response to varying stress signals, the p53 tumor suppressor is able to promote repair,
survival, or elimination of damaged cells–processes that have great relevance to organismal …

Quantification of GDF11 and myostatin in human aging and cardiovascular disease

MJ Schafer, EJ Atkinson, PM Vanderboom, B Kotajarvi… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Growth and differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a transforming growth factor β superfamily
member with a controversial role in aging processes. We have developed a highly specific …

Cardiac ageing: extrinsic and intrinsic factors in cellular renewal and senescence

NA Gude, KM Broughton, F Firouzi… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Cardiac ageing manifests as a decline in function leading to heart failure. At the cellular
level, ageing entails decreased replicative capacity and dysregulation of cellular processes …

GDF11 decreases bone mass by stimulating osteoclastogenesis and inhibiting osteoblast differentiation

W Liu, L Zhou, C Zhou, S Zhang, J Jing, L Xie… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is an age-related disease that affects millions of people. Growth differentiation
factor 11 (GDF11) is a secreted member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) …

Understanding muscle regenerative decline with aging: new approaches to bring back youthfulness to aged stem cells

P Muñoz‐Cánoves, J Neves… - The FEBS …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is characterized by the progressive dysfunction of most tissues and organs, which has
been linked to the regenerative decline of their resident stem cells over time. Skeletal …

Disease drivers of aging

RJ Hodes, F Sierra, SN Austad, E Epel… - Annals of the New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
It has long been known that aging, at both the cellular and organismal levels, contributes to
the development and progression of the pathology of many chronic diseases. However …

Supraphysiological levels of GDF 11 induce striated muscle atrophy

DW Hammers, M Merscham‐Banda… - EMBO molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Growth and differentiation factor (GDF) 11 is a member of the transforming growth factor β
superfamily recently identified as a potential therapeutic for age‐related cardiac and skeletal …

Structural basis for potency differences between GDF8 and GDF11

RG Walker, M Czepnik, EJ Goebel, JC McCoy, A Vujic… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Growth/differentiation factor 8 (GDF8) and GDF11 are two highly similar
members of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family. While GDF8 has been …