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ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2021

The cellular mechanobiology of aging: from biology to mechanics.

Apratim Bajpai, Rui Li, Weiqiang Chen

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Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Detection of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Aging Using an Integrin Mechano-Probe.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026
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  7. Tissue turnover and rejuvenation through mechanics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  8. ACS omega · 2025
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  10. Aging and Altered Gravity: A Cellular Perspective.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Apratim BajpaiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York.
Rui LiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York.
Weiqiang ChenDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-9469-8328
New York University · USNYU Langone Health · US

Funding

Purchase of spinning disk confocal microscopeR35GM133646 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, WEIQIANG · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a chronic, complicated process that leads to degenerative physical and biological changes in living organisms. Aging is associated with permanent, gradual physiological cellular decay that affects all aspects of cellular mechanobiological features, including cellular cytoskeleton structures, mechanosensitive signaling pathways, and forces in the cell, as well as the cell's ability to sense and adapt to extracellular biomechanical signals in the tissue environment through mechanotransduction. These mechanobiological changes in cells are directly or indirectly responsible for dysfunctions and diseases in various organ systems, including the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, skin, and immune systems. This review critically examines the role of aging in the progressive decline of the mechanobiology occurring in cells, and establishes mechanistic frameworks to understand the mechanobiological effects of aging on disease progression and to develop new strategies for halting and reversing the aging process. Our review also highlights the recent development of novel bioengineering approaches for studying the key mechanobiological mechanisms in aging.

Indexed as

AgingBiomechanical PhenomenaCytoskeletonDisease ProgressionElasticityHumansMechanotransduction, CellularMuscle WeaknessMusculoskeletal Systemagingcytoskeletonforcemechanobiologymechanotransduction

Identifiers

PMID33231326
PMCPMC8102302
OpenAlexW3108736543

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Registered trials

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