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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2012

Molecular mechanisms of aging and immune system regulation in Drosophila.

Ioannis Eleftherianos, Julio Cesar Castillo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ioannis EleftherianosInsect Infection and Immunity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology Program, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, Lisner Hall 336, 2023 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4822-3110
Julio Cesar CastilloInsect Infection and Immunity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology Program, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, Lisner Hall 336, 2023 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
George Washington University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a complex process that involves the accumulation of deleterious changes resulting in overall decline in several vital functions, leading to the progressive deterioration in physiological condition of the organism and eventually causing disease and death. The immune system is the most important host-defense mechanism in humans and is also highly conserved in insects. Extensive research in vertebrates has concluded that aging of the immune function results in increased susceptibility to infectious disease and chronic inflammation. Over the years, interest has grown in studying the molecular interaction between aging and the immune response to pathogenic infections. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent model system for dissecting the genetic and genomic basis of important biological processes, such as aging and the innate immune system, and deciphering parallel mechanisms in vertebrate animals. Here, we review the recent advances in the identification of key players modulating the relationship between molecular aging networks and immune signal transduction pathways in the fly. Understanding the details of the molecular events involved in aging and immune system regulation will potentially lead to the development of strategies for decreasing the impact of age-related diseases, thus improving human health and life span.

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Signal TransductionAgingAnimalsDrosophilaHumansImmune Systemage-related diseasesagingantimicrobial peptidesgene transcriptioninfectioninnate immunityinsects

Identifiers

PMID22949833
PMCPMC3431831
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