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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2018

Senescent cells: a therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease.

Bennett G Childs, Hu Li, Jan M van Deursen

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

120 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Young cardiac telocyte-derived exosomes rejuvenate aging hearts in rats.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  14. Mechanical Stress Triggers Premature Senescence in Cardiac Fibroblasts.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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60 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Bennett G ChildsDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Hu LiDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and.
Jan M van DeursenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Funding

BUBRI in Normal and Neoplastic GrowthR01CA096985 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI BAKER, DARREN · 2002 to 2022
$6.2M
BUB1 in Chromosomal Instability and TumorigenesisR01CA126828 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VAN DEURSEN, JAN M. · 2007 to 2016
$2.8M
Cellular senescence in aging and age-related disease (Supplement application)R01AG057493 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI BRAM, RICHARD J · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Postdoctoral Training Program for Research on AgingT32AG049672 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PASSOS, JOAO · 2016 to 2022
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA096985NCI NIH HHS R01 CA126828NIA NIH HHS R01 AG057493NIA NIH HHS T32 AG049672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence, a major tumor-suppressive cell fate, has emerged from humble beginnings as an in vitro phenomenon into recognition as a fundamental mechanism of aging. In the process, senescent cells have attracted attention as a therapeutic target for age-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Given the aging global population and the inadequacy of current medical management, attenuating the health care burden of CVD would be transformative to clinical practice. Here, we review the evidence that cellular senescence drives CVD in a bimodal fashion by both priming the aged cardiovascular system for disease and driving established disease forward. Hence, the growing field of senotherapy (neutralizing senescent cells for therapeutic benefit) is poised to contribute to both prevention and treatment of CVD.

Indexed as

AgingCardiovascular DiseasesCardiovascular SystemCellular SenescenceAgedAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID29608141
PMCPMC5873883

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