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ArticleMolecular oncology2025

Rejuvenating the immune system.

Konstantinos Evangelou, Vassilis G Gorgoulis

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Engineering Immune Cell to Counteract Aging and Aging-Associated Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Konstantinos EvangelouMolecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Vassilis G GorgoulisMolecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9001-4112

Funding

General Secretariat for Research and Innovation 2020ΣЕ01300001General Secretariat for Research and Innovation 2020∑Е01300001Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation 2906Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation 3782NKUA-SARG 70/3/8916Sonia & Nikos Kotopoulos-Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rejuvenation of elementary immune system components has emerged as a promising strategy to deal with increased susceptibility to infections, cancers, autoimmune disorders, and low efficacy to vaccines, frequently accompanying aging. In this context, the thymus has gained significant attention. A recent study by Santamaria et al. reveals that the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB (RANK)-RANK ligand (RANKL) axis is altered during age related thymic involution, compromising immune responses. Based on their findings, authors propose exogenous RANKL administration as a therapeutic strategy to reinvigorate thymic function and improve T-cell immunity during aging.

Indexed as

AgingImmune SystemRejuvenationAnimalsHumansRANK LigandThymus GlandT-LymphocytesRANK Ligandagingimmune cellsRANKLrejuvenationthymus

Identifiers

PMID39804992
PMCPMC11887663

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