Cellular senescence: the good, the bad and the unknown

W Huang, LTJ Hickson, A Eirin, JL Kirkland… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular senescence is a ubiquitous process with roles in tissue remodelling, including
wound repair and embryogenesis. However, prolonged senescence can be maladaptive …

Cellular senescence: a key therapeutic target in aging and diseases

L Zhang, LE Pitcher, MJ Yousefzadeh… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cellular senescence is a hallmark of aging defined by stable exit from the cell cycle in
response to cellular damage and stress. Senescent cells (SnCs) can develop a …

Targeting cellular senescence with senotherapeutics: senolytics and senomorphics

L Zhang, LE Pitcher, V Prahalad… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of geroscience is that since ageing is the greatest risk factor for many diseases
and conditions, targeting the ageing process itself will have the greatest impact on human …

Kidney fibrosis: from mechanisms to therapeutic medicines

R Huang, P Fu, L Ma - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is estimated to affect 10–14% of global population. Kidney
fibrosis, characterized by excessive extracellular matrix deposition leading to scarring, is a …

Immunosenescence: a key player in cancer development

J Lian, Y Yue, W Yu, Y Zhang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Immunosenescence is a process of immune dysfunction that occurs with age and includes
remodeling of lymphoid organs, leading to changes in the immune function of the elderly …

Unmasking senescence: context-dependent effects of SASP in cancer

DV Faget, Q Ren, SA Stewart - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Cellular senescence plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. Once thought of as a tissue
culture artefact by some researchers, senescence is now a major field of study. Although …

Skin senescence: mechanisms and impact on whole-body aging

AC Franco, C Aveleira, C Cavadas - Trends in molecular medicine, 2022 - cell.com
The skin is the largest organ and has a key protective role. Similar to any other tissue, the
skin is influenced not only by intrinsic/chronological aging, but also by extrinsic aging …

NRF2 and the Hallmarks of Cancer

MR de la Vega, E Chapman, DD Zhang - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
The transcription factor NRF2 is the master regulator of the cellular antioxidant response.
Though recognized originally as a target of chemopreventive compounds that help prevent …

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 …

Targeting the biology of aging with mTOR inhibitors

JB Mannick, DW Lamming - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutic rapamycin promotes health and longevity …