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ArticleNature communications2023

Mid-old cells are a potential target for anti-aging interventions in the elderly.

Young Hwa Kim, Young-Kyoung Lee, Soon Sang Park, So Hyun Park, So Yeong Eom, Young-Sam Lee, Wonhee John Lee, Juhee Jang, Daeha Seo, Hee Young Kang and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Young Hwa Kim *Inflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Young-Kyoung Lee *Inflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Soon Sang Park *Inflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1236-9684
So Hyun ParkDepartment of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
So Yeong EomInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Young-Sam LeeDepartment of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu, 42988, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4702-0127
Wonhee John LeeDepartment of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu, 42988, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3672-5121
Juhee JangDepartment of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu, 42988, Korea.
Daeha SeoDepartment of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu, 42988, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0454-1168
Hee Young KangInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Jin Cheol KimInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Su Bin LimInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1752-7039
Gyesoon YoonInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea.
Hong Seok KimDepartment of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Korea.
Jang-Hee KimInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea. drjhk@ajou.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0001-5825-1361
Tae Jun ParkInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, 16499, Korea. park64@ajou.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-8862-1834
Ajou University · KRDaegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology · KRInha University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2019R1A2C2086127National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2020M3A9D8037604National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00211049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological process of aging is thought to result in part from accumulation of senescent cells in organs. However, the present study identified a subset of fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells which are the major constituents of organ stroma neither proliferative nor senescent in tissues of the elderly, which we termed "mid-old status" cells. Upregulation of pro-inflammatory genes (IL1B and SAA1) and downregulation of anti-inflammatory genes (SLIT2 and CXCL12) were detected in mid-old cells. In the stroma, SAA1 promotes development of the inflammatory microenvironment via upregulation of MMP9, which decreases the stability of epithelial cells present on the basement membrane, decreasing epithelial cell function. Remarkably, the microenvironmental change and the functional decline of mid-old cells could be reversed by a young cell-originated protein, SLIT2. Our data identify functional reversion of mid-old cells as a potential method to prevent or ameliorate aspects of aging-related tissue dysfunction.

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AgingCellular SenescenceAgedEpithelial CellsFibroblastsHumansMyocytes, Smooth Muscle

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PMID37993434
PMCPMC10665435
OpenAlexW4388904735

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