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ArticlePathobiology of aging & age related diseases2016

Pathology assessment is necessary to validate translational endpoints in preclinical aging studies.

Warren Ladiges

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Article in Pathobiology of aging & age related diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Modeling Alzheimer's disease in progeria mice. An age-related concept.Pathobiology of aging & age related diseases · 2018
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  9. The potential use of physical resilience to predict healthy aging.Pathobiology of aging & age related diseases · 2018
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  10. A New Preclinical Paradigm for Testing Anti-Aging Therapeutics.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2017
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  13. The emerging role of geropathology in preclinical aging studies.Pathobiology of aging & age related diseases · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Warren LadigesDepartment of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; wladiges@u.washington.edu.

Funding

Pathology of Aging Research NetworkR24AG047115 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LADIGES, WARREN C · 2014 to 2016
$1.1M
NIA NIH HHS R24 AG047115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Geropathology Research Network has established a plan to identify and use pathology-based surrogate endpoints for aging intervention in preclinical drug studies to provide a predictable and short-term anti-aging drug response in line with clinical trials. The plan involves pathological assessment of tissues and organs from strains of old mice, by independent pathology groups in a concurrent manner in order to characterize the changes in lesion incidence and severity in response to anti-aging drugs at specific time points. This approach allows for connection with translational endpoints of aging, such as serum factors and physiological parameters, between mice and humans. Preclinical drug testing is a critical component of the plan, designed to shorten testing times from lengthy lifespan studies by comparing lesion grades and composite scores in treated and placebo cohorts at cross-sectional time points. In conclusion, a geropathology-based preclinical testing program is a step toward assuring maximum utilization of translational resources and increasing predictability of efficacy of new or repurposed drugs for clinical aging intervention studies.

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anti-aging drugsgeropathologytranslational research

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PMID27015829
PMCPMC4808080

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