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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2021

Inflammation, epigenetics, and metabolism converge to cell senescence and ageing: the regulation and intervention.

Xudong Zhu, Zhiyang Chen, Weiyan Shen, Gang Huang, John M Sedivy, Hu Wang, Zhenyu Ju

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 225 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

225 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Effects of Fractionated Low Dose Ionizing Radiation on Cellular Senescence in Mouse Lung Tissue.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  14. Renal IGFBP6 Interacts With THBS1 to Drive Renal Cellular Senescence and Fibrosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology - a look to the future.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026
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  20. Progranulin deficiency induces premature vascular senescence and dysfunction.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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165 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xudong Zhu *Key Laboratory of Ageing and Cancer Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Ageing Research, Hangzhou Normal University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Zhiyang Chen *Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, Institute of Ageing and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Weiyan ShenKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, Institute of Ageing and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Gang HuangDivision of Pathology and Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
John M SedivyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Hu WangKey Laboratory of Ageing and Cancer Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Ageing Research, Hangzhou Normal University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. wanghu19860315@163.com.
Zhenyu JuKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, Institute of Ageing and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. zhenyuju@163.com.

Funding

Somatic Activation of Retrotransposition: A New Molecular Mechanism of Aging?P01AG051449 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI John M Sedivy · 2016 to 2026
$30.4M
MECHANISMS OF REPLICATIVE SENESCENCE IN CELLSR01AG016694 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI SEDIVY, JOHN M · 1999 to 2024
$5.7M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051449NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remarkable progress in ageing research has been achieved over the past decades. General perceptions and experimental evidence pinpoint that the decline of physical function often initiates by cell senescence and organ ageing. Epigenetic dynamics and immunometabolic reprogramming link to the alterations of cellular response to intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli, representing current hotspots as they not only (re-)shape the individual cell identity, but also involve in cell fate decision. This review focuses on the present findings and emerging concepts in epigenetic, inflammatory, and metabolic regulations and the consequences of the ageing process. Potential therapeutic interventions targeting cell senescence and regulatory mechanisms, using state-of-the-art techniques are also discussed.

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EpigenomicsAgingCell DifferentiationCellular SenescenceHumansInflammation

Identifiers

PMID34176928
PMCPMC8236488

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