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ReviewGeroScience2023

Cellular senescence and frailty: a comprehensive insight into the causal links.

Serena Marcozzi, Giorgia Bigossi, Maria Elisa Giuliani, Robertina Giacconi, Francesco Piacenza, Maurizio Cardelli, Dario Brunetti, Agnese Segala, Alessandra Valerio, Enzo Nisoli and 3 more

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Review in GeroScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing 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

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

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  3. Frailty and COPD: a bidirectional relationship in the context of systemic and accelerated ageing.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  6. Senotherapeutics for Brain Aging Management.Neurology international · 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

13 authors.

Serena MarcozziAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Giorgia BigossiAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Maria Elisa GiulianiAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Robertina GiacconiAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Francesco PiacenzaAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Maurizio CardelliAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Dario BrunettiMedical Genetics and Neurogenetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20126, Milan, Italy.
Agnese SegalaDepartment of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Alessandra ValerioDepartment of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Enzo NisoliCenter for Study and Research On Obesity, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Via Vanvitelli, 32, 20129, Milan, Italy.
Fabrizia LattanzioScientific Direction, IRCCS INRCA, 60124, Ancona, Italy.
Mauro ProvincialiAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Marco MalavoltaAdvanced Technology Center for Aging Research and Geriatric Mouse Clinic, IRCCS INRCA, 60121, Ancona, Italy. m.malavolta@inrca.it.ORCID 0000-0002-8442-1763

Funding

Fondazione Cariplo 2016-1006Ministero della Salute RCR-2019-23669121Ministero della Salute RCR-2020-23670069Ministero della Salute RCR-2021-23671216Ministero della Salute Ricerca Corrente
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescent cells may have a prominent role in driving inflammation and frailty. The impact of cellular senescence on frailty varies depending on the assessment tool used, as it is influenced by the criteria or items predominantly affected by senescent cells and the varying weights assigned to these items across different health domains. To address this challenge, we undertook a thorough review of all available studies involving gain- or loss-of-function experiments as well as interventions targeting senescent cells, focusing our attention on those studies that examined outcomes based on the individual frailty phenotype criteria or specific items used to calculate two humans (35 and 70 items) and one mouse (31 items) frailty indexes. Based on the calculation of a simple "evidence score," we found that the burden of senescent cells related to musculoskeletal and cerebral health has the strongest causal link to frailty. We deem that insight into these mechanisms may not only contribute to clarifying the role of cellular senescence in frailty but could additionally provide multiple therapeutic opportunities to help the future development of a desirable personalized therapy in these extremely heterogeneous patients.

Indexed as

FrailtyAnimalsCellular SenescenceHumansInflammationMicePhenotypeAgingBrain functionCellular senescenceFrailtyMusculoskeletal health

Identifiers

PMID37792158
PMCPMC10643740

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