Tag: Inflammation

A recent study identified the thymus hormone thymulin as a molecule with the potential to reduce inflammation in an age-dependent manner. Treating cancer-bearing mice with this molecule made other cancer treatments more effective [1]. The aging immune system Aging has a profound impact on the immune system. It leads to a progressive decline in immune...

For the last several years, Dr. José Pedro Castro, a Gladyshev Lab alumnus, who is now Assistant Researcher and Project Principal Investigator at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto, has been studying inflammation and its crucial role in aging and disease. Earlier this month, he received the Rising...

In Aging Cell, researchers have published an explanation of how neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) worsen UVB damage and how inhibiting them alleviated this damage in a mouse model. When defenders just make things worse Immune activation is a common response to damage, as the immune system often perceives such damage as a pathogenic attack. Activation...

A new study suggests that aging or Parkinson’s-triggering mutations create inflammation in peripheral tissues, and then circulating extracellular vesicles spread it to the brain, which might contribute to the disease [1]. Brain on fire Nature made the brain remarkably well-protected, including from the elements by the skull and from pathogens by the blood-brain barrier (BBB)....

Researchers have found that bound pieces of RNA and DNA in the cytoplasm of senescent cells encourage these cells to secrete inflammatory factors. When transcription gets sticky As part of the transcription process that produces necessary proteins, RNA must chemically interact with DNA. When it binds to DNA and integrates itself into the genome, it...

Scientists have targeted the thin fat layer around blood vessels with a transcription inhibitor, reducing symptoms of cardiometabolic disease [1]. When vessels can’t “just relax” Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) – characterized, among other things, by obesity combined with high blood pressure – is one of the largest drivers of cardiovascular death [2]. It does its damage...