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ReviewAging cell2016

Long live FOXO: unraveling the role of FOXO proteins in aging and longevity.

Rute Martins, Gordon J Lithgow, Wolfgang Link

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Review in Aging cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 411 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

411 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rute MartinsRegenerative Medicine Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal.
Gordon J LithgowThe Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, 94945, USA.
Wolfgang LinkRegenerative Medicine Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal.

Funding

Systems BiologyU19AG023122 · NIA · TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INST · PI FRED H GAGE · 2004 to 2026
$102.6M
Pharmacology of LIfespan ExtensionR01AG029631 · NIA · BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING · PI LITHGOW, GORDON J · 2008 to 2018
$5.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG029631NIA NIH HHS U19 AG023122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging constitutes the key risk factor for age-related diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders. Human longevity and healthy aging are complex phenotypes influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. The fact that genetic contribution to lifespan strongly increases with greater age provides basis for research on which "protective genes" are carried by long-lived individuals. Studies have consistently revealed FOXO (Forkhead box O) transcription factors as important determinants in aging and longevity. FOXO proteins represent a subfamily of transcription factors conserved from Caenorhabditis elegans to mammals that act as key regulators of longevity downstream of insulin and insulin-like growth factor signaling. Invertebrate genomes have one FOXO gene, while mammals have four FOXO genes: FOXO1, FOXO3, FOXO4, and FOXO6. In mammals, this subfamily is involved in a wide range of crucial cellular processes regulating stress resistance, metabolism, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. Their role in longevity determination is complex and remains to be fully elucidated. Throughout this review, the mechanisms by which FOXO factors contribute to longevity will be discussed in diverse animal models, from Hydra to mammals. Moreover, compelling evidence of FOXOs as contributors for extreme longevity and health span in humans will be addressed.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansLongevityModels, AnimalSignal TransductionForkhead Transcription Factorsaginganimal modelsFOXO transcription factorsinsulin and IGF-1 signaling pathwaylongevity

Identifiers

PMID26643314
PMCPMC4783344

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