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Signaling pathway activation drift during aging: Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome fibroblasts are comparable to normal middle-age and old-age cells.

Alexander M Aliper, Antonei Benjamin Csoka, Anton Buzdin, Tomasz Jetka, Sergey Roumiantsev, Alexy Moskalev, Alex Zhavoronkov

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Article in Aging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexander M AliperInsilico Medicine, Inc., Johns Hopkins University, ETC, B301, MD 21218, USA.
Antonei Benjamin CsokaVision Genomics LLC, Washington DC 20011, USA.
Anton BuzdinInsilico Medicine, Inc., Johns Hopkins University, ETC, B301, MD 21218, USA.
Tomasz JetkaInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Sergey RoumiantsevInsilico Medicine, Inc., Johns Hopkins University, ETC, B301, MD 21218, USA.
Alexy MoskalevInsilico Medicine, Inc., Johns Hopkins University, ETC, B301, MD 21218, USA.
Alex ZhavoronkovInsilico Medicine, Inc., Johns Hopkins University, ETC, B301, MD 21218, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USGeorge Mason University · USHoward University · USPathways Behavioral Services · USPirogov Russian National Research Medical University · RUPolish Academy of Sciences · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the past several decades, research in understanding the molecular basis of human aging has progressed significantly with the analysis of premature aging syndromes. Progerin, an altered form of lamin A, has been identified as the cause of premature aging in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), and may be a contributing causative factor in normal aging. However, the question of whether HGPS actually recapitulates the normal aging process at the cellular and organismal level, or simply mimics the aging phenotype is widely debated. In the present study we analyzed publicly available microarray datasets for fibroblasts undergoing cellular aging in culture, as well as fibroblasts derived from young, middle-age, and old-age individuals, and patients with HGPS. Using GeroScope pathway analysis and drug discovery platform we analyzed the activation states of 65 major cellular signaling pathways. Our analysis reveals that signaling pathway activation states in cells derived from chronologically young patients with HGPS strongly resemble cells taken from normal middle-aged and old individuals. This clearly indicates that HGPS may truly represent accelerated aging, rather than being just a simulacrum. Our data also points to potential pathways that could be targeted to develop drugs and drug combinations for both HGPS and normal aging.

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Age FactorsAgingCase-Control StudiesCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCellular SenescenceDatabases, GeneticFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansPhenotypeProgeriaSignal Transduction

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PMID25587796
PMCPMC4350323
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