Senotherapy

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Senotherapeutics refers to therapeutic agents/strategies that specifically target cellular senescence.[1] Senotherapeutics include emerging senolytic/senoptotic small molecules that specifically induce cell death in senescent cells [2] and agents that inhibit the pro-inflammatory senescent secretome.[3] Senescent cells can be targeted for immune clearance, but an ageing immune system likely impairs senescent cell clearance leading to their accumulation.[4] Therefore, agents which can enhance immune clearance of senescent cells can also be considered as senotherapeutic.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Childs et al. (2015). Cellular senescence in aging and age-related disease: from mechanisms to therapy Nature Medicine {{doi:10.1038/nm.4000}}
  2. ^ Chang J., Wang Y.,Shao L. et al., & Zhou D. (2015). Clearance of senescent cells by ABT263 rejuvenates aged hematopoietic stem cells in mice. Nature Medicine Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Xu et al. (2015). JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age PNAS {{doi: 10.1073/pnas.1515386112}}
  4. ^ Burton and Faragher (2015). Cellular senescence: from growth arrest to immunogenic conversion AGE {{doi:10.1007/s11357-015-9764-2}}