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Ageing, neurodegeneration and brain rejuvenation

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Wyss-Coray, Tony·2016·Nature

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Although systemic diseases take the biggest toll on human health and well-being, increasingly, a failing brain is the arbiter of a death preceded by a gradual loss of the essence of being. Ageing, which is fundamental to neurodegeneration and dementia, affects every organ in the body and seems to be encoded partly in a blood-based signature. Indeed, factors in the circulation have been shown to modulate ageing and to rejuvenate numerous organs, including the brain. The discovery of such factors, the identification of their origins and a deeper understanding of their functions is ushering in a new era in ageing and dementia research.

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  • The removal of circulating pro-ageing factors holds the potential to revitalize the brain in animal studies.

    “The removal of circulating pro-ageing factors also holds the potential to revitalize the brain in animal studies.391”
  • The ability of interventions not only to slow the rate of aging but actually to rejuvenate cells and tissues seemingly by reversing aging processes expands the spectrum of healthspan-promoting treatments.

    “Furthermore, the ability of interventions not only to slow the rate of aging but actually to rejuvenate cells and tissues seemingly by reversing aging processes expands the spectrum of healthspan-promoting treatments.79,80,81,82,83”

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  • The study details ligand-receptor interactions among nearly all cell types in the brain that are modified by aging.

    “Given that cell non-autonomous changes are also known to regulate aging-dependent changes 2,3 , we also detail ligand-receptor interactions among nearly all the cell types in the brain that are modified by aging.”

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Authors
Wyss-Coray, T.
Venue
Nature
Published
2016-11
Volume
539
Issue
7628
Pages
180-186
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2549552700
Cited by
1,147
References
99
Citations by year
2026: 88 · 2025: 127 · 2024: 133 · 2023: 156 · 2022: 162 · 2021: 143 · 2020: 122 · 2019: 91 · 2018: 79 · 2017: 44 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
10.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (P50AG047366, R01AG045034)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
brain aging, neurodegeneration, dementia, brain rejuvenation, circulating factors, blood-based biomarkers
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Brain, Cell Communication, Humans, Inflammation, Rejuvenation, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Proteome

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