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ArticleImmunity & ageing : I & A2013

NF-κB pathway activators as potential ageing biomarkers: targets for new therapeutic strategies.

Carmela R Balistreri, Giuseppina Candore, Giulia Accardi, Giuseppina Colonna-Romano, Domenico Lio

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Article in Immunity & ageing : I & A, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carmela R BalistreriDepartment of Pathobiology and Medical and Forensic Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Corso Tukory 211, Palermo 90134, Italy. carmelarita.balistreri@unipa.it.
Giuseppina Candore
Giulia Accardi
Giuseppina Colonna-Romano
Domenico Lio
University of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is a major biological mechanism underpinning biological ageing process and age-related diseases. Inflammation is also the key response of host defense against pathogens and tissue injury. Current opinion sustains that during evolution the host defense and ageing process have become linked together. Thus, the large array of defense factors and mechanisms linked to the NF-κB system seem to be involved in ageing process. This concept leads us in proposing inductors of NF-κB signaling pathway as potential ageing biomarkers. On the other hand, ageing biomarkers, represented by biological indicators and selected through apposite criteria, should help to characterize biological age and, since age is a major risk factor in many degenerative diseases, could be subsequently used to identify individuals at high risk of developing age-associated diseases or disabilities. In this report, some inflammatory biomarkers will be discussed for a better understanding of the concept of biological ageing, providing ideas on eventual working hypothesis about potential targets for the development of new therapeutic strategies and improving, as consequence, the quality of life of elderly population.

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PMID23786653
PMCPMC3695812
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