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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Autophagy activator AA-20 improves proteostasis and extends

Ee Phie Tan, Nora Lyang, Saam Doroodian, Pablo Sanz-Martinez, Jin Xu, Sviatlana Zaretski, José L Nieto-Torres, Hiroshi Ebata, Shaun H Y Lim, William C Hou and 13 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lipophagy and lipid droplets in neurodegeneration.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Ee Phie TanDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Nora LyangDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Saam DoroodianBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945.
Pablo Sanz-MartinezInstitute of Biochemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 60590, Germany.
Jin XuDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Sviatlana ZaretskiDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
José L Nieto-TorresDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.ORCID 0000-0002-5515-9604
Hiroshi EbataBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945.
Shaun H Y LimDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
William C HouDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Khalyd J ClayDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 90237.
Leonard YoonDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Lynée A MasseyDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Derek RhoadesDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.ORCID 0000-0002-9536-424X
Danny GarzaDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Kristen A JohnsonCalibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Alan ToDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 90237.
Lydia AmbayeDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Emily P BentleyDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Michael PetrascheckDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 90237.
Alexandra StolzInstitute of Biochemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 60590, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3340-439X
Jeffery W KellyDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Malene HansenDevelopment, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Funding

The proteasome in aging and neurodegenerative diseaseP01AG054407 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FINLEY, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$14.0M
Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Regulation of the Autophagy Process in Organismal AgingR01AG038664 · NIA · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Malene Hansen · 2011 to 2026
$6.4M
Lowering Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Activity Slows Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG067331 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PETRASCHECK, MICHAEL · 2020 to 2024
$4.9M
Pharmacologic Lysosomal Flux Activators to Ameliorate Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasRF1AG073418 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI KELLY, JEFFERY W · 2021 to 2021
$2.6M
Pharmacologic Lysosomal Flux Activators to Ameliorate Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasR01AG073418 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JEFFERY W KELLY · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Mechanisms of Aging: Regulation of Canonical and Non-canonical AutophagyK99AG062774 · NIA · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI NIETO-TORRES, JOSE LUIS · 2019 to 2021
$396k
Role of selective autophagy in aging and neurodegeneration: a small molecule approachK99AG080109 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TAN, EE PHIE · 2023 to 2024
$253k
American Diabetes Association (ADA) 1-19-PDF-017Boeringer Ingelheim FoundationDr. Jim Johnson Private GiftFreedom Together Foundation N/AHHS | NIH (NIH) K99 AG080109-01HHS | NIH (NIH) P01AG054407HHS | NIH (NIH) R01AG038664HHS | NIH (NIH) RF1AG073418Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (LLHF) 2023-A-019-FELNIA NIH HHS K99 AG062774NIA NIH HHS K99 AG080109NIA NIH HHS P01 AG054407NIA NIH HHS R01 AG038664NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067331NIA NIH HHS R01 AG073418NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG073418NIH HHS P40 OD010440Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation RYC2021-032836-I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The degradation of cellular components through autophagy is essential for longevity and healthy aging. However, autophagy function decreases with aging, contributing to age-related diseases. In this study, we characterized a small-molecule activator of autophagy called

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AutophagyCaenorhabditis elegansLongevityProteostasisAgingAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsHumansLipid DropletsPeptidesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamineautophagy activatorC. eleganshealthspanlifespanlipophagy

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PMID40758884
PMCPMC12358921

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