Lifespan Research Institute

Andrew Aiello

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In Nature Aging, researchers have published their finding that targeting urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), a senescence-associated protein, restores gut function in mice. One way the gut lining ages Of all the tissues in the human body, the intestinal epithelium, which lines the gut, replaces its cells most quickly [1]. This self-renewal diminishes with aging...