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Application potential of senolytics in clinical treatment

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Of the factors studied in individual ageing, the accumulation of senescent cells has been considered as an essential cause of organ degeneration to eventually initiate age-related diseases. Cellular senescence is attributed to the accumulation of damage for an inducement in the activation of cell cycle inhibitory pathways, resulting the cell permanently withdraw from the cell proliferation cycle. Further, senescent cells will activate the inflammatory factor secretion pathway to promote the development of various age-related diseases. Senolytics, a small molecule compound, can delay disease development and extend mammalian lifespan. The evidence from multiple trials shows that the targeted killing of senescent cells has a significant clinical application for the treatment of age-related diseases. In addition, senolytics are also significant for the development of ageing research in solid organ transplantation, which can fully develop the potential of elderly organs and reduce the age gap between demand and supply. We conclude that the main characteristics of cellular senescence, the anti-ageing drug senolytics in the treatment of chronic diseases and organ transplantation, and the latest clinical progress of related researches in order to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of ageing and related diseases.

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This work was financially supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant no. 30920041104).

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TL Literature review, and writing of the original draft; SL Prepared Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4; Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; KM and JK Conceptualization, supervision, and final reviewing and editing; All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Kefeng Ma or Jinming Kong.

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Li, T., Li, S., Ma, K. et al. Application potential of senolytics in clinical treatment. Biogerontology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-023-10084-5

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