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ReviewExperimental gerontology2015

Aberrant mTOR activation in senescence and aging: A mitochondrial stress response?

Timothy Nacarelli, Ashley Azar, Christian Sell

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Review in Experimental gerontology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Repurposing niclosamide to mitigate inflammaging: a review of multi-target mechanisms in cellular senescence and age-related decline.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  15. Mitochondrial dysfunction in cell senescence and aging.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy NacarelliDrexel University College of Medicine, 245N 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States.
Ashley AzarDrexel University College of Medicine, 245N 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States.
Christian SellDrexel University College of Medicine, 245N 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States. Electronic address: christian.sell@drexelmed.edu.
Drexel University · US

Funding

Role of IGF-1 in Modulation of LongevityR01AG022443 · NIA · LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SELL, CHRISTIAN · 2005 to 2009
$1.7M
Novel models for longevity researchR21AG039799 · NIA · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI SELL, CHRISTIAN · 2011 to 2012
$425k
NIA NIH HHS AG22443NIA NIH HHS AG39733NIA NIH HHS R01 AG022443NIA NIH HHS R21 AG039799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unexpected activation of mTOR signaling, measured by ribosomal S6 phosphorylation or ribosomal S6 kinase (p70S6K) activity, has been reported in aging-related settings. Evidence of elevated mTOR activity has been reported in the heart and muscle tissue in aged mice and humans, mouse models of progeria, and senescent human fibroblasts. We explore these reports and the possibility that activation of the mTOR/p70S6K kinase pathway may represent a ROS-mediated response to mitochondrial stress leading to the activation of senescence. This activation is a hallmark of both aged tissue and senescent human cells.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsAutophagyCellular SenescenceHumansLongevityMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMitochondriaMultiprotein ComplexesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Multiprotein ComplexesReactive Oxygen SpeciesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAgingMitochondriamTORp53p70S6KROSS6 kinaseSenescence

Identifiers

PMID25449851
PMCPMC4589173
OpenAlexW2060004590

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