Publications

  1. Zhu Y, Anastasiadis ZP, Espindola Netto JM, Evans T, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Past and Future Directions for Research on Cellular Senescence. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2024 Feb 1; 14 (2) Epub 2024 Feb 01
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  2. Zhang X, Suda M, Zhu Y. Senolytics combat COVID-19 in aging. Nat Aging 2023 Jul; 3 (7):762-763
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  3. Farr JN, Saul D, Doolittle ML, Kaur J, Rowsey JL, Vos SJ, Froemming MN, Lagnado AB, Zhu Y, Weivoda M, Ikeno Y, Pignolo RJ, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD, Jurk D, Passos JF, LeBrasseur NK, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Monroe DG, Khosla S. Local senolysis in aged mice only partially replicates the benefits of systemic senolysis. J Clin Invest. 2023 Apr 17; 133(8).
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  4. Zhang X, Pearsall VM, Carver CM, Atkinson EJ, Clarkson BDS, Grund EM, Baez-Faria M, Pavelko KD, Kachergus JM, White TA, Johnson RK, Malo CS, Gonzalez-Suarez AM, Ayasoufi K, Johnson KO, Tritz ZP, Fain CE, Khadka RH, Ogrodnik M, Jurk D, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Revzin A, Kirkland JL, Johnson AJ, Howe CL, Thompson EA, LeBrasseur NK, Schafer MJ. Rejuvenation of the aged brain immune cell landscape in mice through p16-positive senescent cell clearance. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 27; 13 (1):5671 Epub 2022 Sept 27
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  5. Zhang L, Pitcher LE, Yousefzadeh MJ, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD, Zhu Y. Cellular senescence: a key therapeutic target in aging and diseases. J Clin Invest. 2022 Aug 1; 132 (15)
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  6. Rahman M, Olson I, Mansour M, Carlstrom LP, Sutiwisesak R, Saber R, Rajani K, Warrington AE, Howard A, Schroeder M, Chen S, Decker PA, Sananikone EF, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Parney IF, Burma S, Brown D, Rodriguez M, Sarkaria JN, Kirkland JL, Burns TC. Selective Vulnerability of Senescent Glioblastoma Cells to BCL-XL Inhibition. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 3; 20 (6):938-948
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  7. Zhu Y, Prata LGPL, Gerdes EOW, Netto JME, Pirtskhalava T, Giorgadze N, Tripathi U, Inman CL, Johnson KO, Xue A, Palmer AK, Chen T, Schaefer K, Justice JN, Nambiar AM, Musi N, Kritchevsky SB, Chen J, Khosla S, Jurk D, Schafer MJ, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Orally-active, clinically-translatable senolytics restore alpha-Klotho in mice and humans. EBioMedicine. 2022 Mar; 77:103912 Epub 2022 Mar 13
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  8. Tripathi U, Chaib S, Gerdes EOW, Hogan KA, Zhu Y. Development of a novel senolytic by precise disruption of FOXO4-p53 complex. EBioMedicine 2021 Dec; 74:103693 Epub 2021 Nov 09
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  9. Verdoorn BP, Evans TK, Hanson GJ, Zhu Y, Langhi Prata LGP, Pignolo RJ, Atkinson EJ, Wissler-Gerdes EO, Kuchel GA, Mannick JB, Kritchevsky SB, Khosla S, Rizza SA, Walston JD, Musi N, Lipsitz LA, Kiel DP, Yung R, LeBrasseur NK, Singh RJ, McCarthy T, Puskarich MA, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD, Sorenson M, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Fisetin for COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities: Senolytic trials in the COVID era. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Nov; 69 (11):3023-3033 Epub 2021 Aug 20
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  10. Tripathi U, Nchioua R, Prata LGPL, Zhu Y, Gerdes EOW, Giorgadze N, Pirtskhalava T, Parker E, Xue A, Espindola-Netto JM, Stenger S, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ, Dickinson SL, Allison DB, Kirchhoff F, Sparrer KMJ, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. SARS-CoV-2 causes senescence in human cells and exacerbates the senescence-associated secretory phenotype through TLR-3. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Sep 16; 13 (18):21838-21854 Epub 2021 Sept 16
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  11. Suvakov S, Ghamrawi R, Cubro H, Tu H, White WM, Tobah YSB, Milic NM, Grande JP, Cunningham JM, Chebib FT, Prata LGPL, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Nath KA, Milosavljevic A, Garovic VD. Epigenetic and senescence markers indicate an accelerated ageing-like state in women with preeclamptic pregnancies. EBioMedicine. 2021 Aug; 70:103536 Epub 2021 Aug 11
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  12. Camell CD, Yousefzadeh MJ, Zhu Y, Prata LGPL, Huggins MA, Pierson M, Zhang L, O'Kelly RD, Pirtskhalava T, Xun P, Ejima K, Xue A, Tripathi U, Espindola-Netto JM, Giorgadze N, Atkinson EJ, Inman CL, Johnson KO, Cholensky SH, Carlson TW, LeBrasseur NK, Khosla S, O'Sullivan MG, Allison DB, Jameson SC, Meves A, Li M, Prakash YS, Chiarella SE, Hamilton SE, Tchkonia T, Niedernhofer LJ, Kirkland JL, Robbins PD. Senolytics reduce coronavirus-related mortality in old mice. Science. 2021 Jul 16; 373 (6552) Epub 2021 June 08
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  13. Yousefzadeh MJ, Flores RR, Zhu Y, Schmiechen ZC, Brooks RW, Trussoni CE, Cui Y, Angelini L, Lee KA, McGowan SJ, Burrack AL, Wang D, Dong Q, Lu A, Sano T, O'Kelly RD, McGuckian CA, Kato JI, Bank MP, Wade EA, Pillai SPS, Klug J, Ladiges WC, Burd CE, Lewis SE, LaRusso NF, Vo NV, Wang Y, Kelley EE, Huard J, Stromnes IM, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ. An aged immune system drives senescence and ageing of solid organs. Nature. 2021 Jun; 594 (7861):100-105 Epub 2021 May 12
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  14. Cubro H, Nath KA, Suvakov S, Garcia-Valencia O, Parashuram S, White WM, Weissgerber TL, Nath MC, Milic NM, Sontag F, d'Uscio LV, Zhu Y, Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T, Alexander MP, Quinton RA, Katusic ZS, Grande JP, Garovic VD. Mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in the interleukin-10-deficient murine model of preeclampsia indicate nitric oxide dysregulation. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar; 99 (3):646-656 Epub 2020 Nov 02
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  15. Ogrodnik M, Evans SA, Fielder E, Victorelli S, Kruger P, Salmonowicz H, Weigand BM, Patel AD, Pirtskhalava T, Inman CL, Johnson KO, Dickinson SL, Rocha A, Schafer MJ, Zhu Y, Allison DB, von Zglinicki T, LeBrasseur NK, Tchkonia T, Neretti N, Passos JF, Kirkland JL, Jurk D. Whole-body senescent cell clearance alleviates age-related brain inflammation and cognitive impairment in mice. Aging Cell. 2021 Feb; 20 (2):e13296 Epub 2021 Jan 20
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  16. Hall BM, Gleiberman AS, Strom E, Krasnov PA, Frescas D, Vujcic S, Leontieva OV, Antoch MP, Kogan V, Koman IE, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Chernova OB, Gudkov AV. Immune checkpoint protein VSIG4 as a biomarker of aging in murine adipose tissue. Aging Cell. 2020 Oct; 19 (10):e13219 Epub 2020 Aug 28
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  17. Schafer MJ, Zhang X, Kumar A, Atkinson EJ, Zhu Y, Jachim S, Mazula DL, Brown AK, Berning M, Aversa Z, Kotajarvi B, Bruce CJ, Greason KL, Suri RM, Tracy RP, Cummings SR, White TA, LeBrasseur NK. The senescence-associated secretome as an indicator of age and medical risk. JCI Insight. 2020 Jun 18; 5 (12) Epub 2020 June 18
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  18. Wissler Gerdes EO, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Discovery, development, and future application of senolytics: theories and predictions. FEBS J. 2020 Jun; 287 (12):2418-2427 Epub 2020 Mar 17
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  19. Hickson LJ, Langhi Prata LGP, Bobart SA, Evans TK, Giorgadze N, Hashmi SK, Herrmann SM, Jensen MD, Jia Q, Jordan KL, Kellogg TA, Khosla S, Koerber DM, Lagnado AB, Lawson DK, LeBrasseur NK, Lerman LO, McDonald KM, McKenzie TJ, Passos JF, Pignolo RJ, Pirtskhalava T, Saadiq IM, Schaefer KK, Textor SC, Victorelli SG, Volkman TL, Xue A, Wentworth MA, Wissler Gerdes EO, Allison DB, Dickinson SL, Ejima K, Atkinson EJ, Lenburg M, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Corrigendum to 'Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease' EBioMedicine 47 (2019) 446-456. EBioMedicine. 2020 Feb; 52:102595 Epub 2020 Jan 23
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  20. Wissler Gerdes EO, Zhu Y, Weigand BM, Tripathi U, Burns TC, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Cellular senescence in aging and age-related diseases: Implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2020; 155:203-234 Epub 2020 Aug 11
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  21. Hickson LJ, Langhi Prata LGP, Bobart SA, Evans TK, Giorgadze N, Hashmi SK, Herrmann SM, Jensen MD, Jia Q, Jordan KL, Kellogg TA, Khosla S, Koerber DM, Lagnado AB, Lawson DK, LeBrasseur NK, Lerman LO, McDonald KM, McKenzie TJ, Passos JF, Pignolo RJ, Pirtskhalava T, Saadiq IM, Schaefer KK, Textor SC, Victorelli SG, Volkman TL, Xue A, Wentworth MA, Wissler Gerdes EO, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease. EBioMedicine. 2019 Sep; 47:446-456 Epub 2019 Sept 18
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  22. Palmer AK, Xu M, Zhu Y, Pirtskhalava T, Weivoda MM, Hachfeld CM, Prata LG, van Dijk TH, Verkade E, Casaclang-Verzosa G, Johnson KO, Cubro H, Doornebal EJ, Ogrodnik M, Jurk D, Jensen MD, Chini EN, Miller JD, Matveyenko A, Stout MB, Schafer MJ, White TA, Hickson LJ, Demaria M, Garovic V, Grande J, Arriaga EA, Kuipers F, von Zglinicki T, LeBrasseur NK, Campisi J, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Targeting senescent cells alleviates obesity-induced metabolic dysfunction. Aging Cell. 2019 Jun; 18 (3):e12950 Epub 2019 Mar 25
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  23. Ogrodnik M, Zhu Y, Langhi LGP, Tchkonia T, Kruger P, Fielder E, Victorelli S, Ruswhandi RA, Giorgadze N, Pirtskhalava T, Podgorni O, Enikolopov G, Johnson KO, Xu M, Inman C, Palmer AK, Schafer M, Weigl M, Ikeno Y, Burns TC, Passos JF, von Zglinicki T, Kirkland JL, Jurk D. Obesity-Induced Cellular Senescence Drives Anxiety and Impairs Neurogenesis. Cell Metab. 2019 May 7; 29 (5):1061-1077.e8 Epub 2019 Jan 03
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  24. Yousefzadeh MJ, Zhu Y, McGowan SJ, Angelini L, Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Xu M, Ling YY, Melos KI, Pirtskhalava T, Inman CL, McGuckian C, Wade EA, Kato JI, Grassi D, Wentworth M, Burd CE, Arriaga EA, Ladiges WL, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ. Fisetin is a senotherapeutic that extends health and lifespan. EBioMedicine. 2018 Oct; 36:18-28 Epub 2018 Sept 29
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  25. Moncsek A, Al-Suraih MS, Trussoni CE, O'Hara SP, Splinter PL, Zuber C, Patsenker E, Valli PV, Fingas CD, Weber A, Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Gores GJ, Müllhaupt B, LaRusso NF, Mertens JC. Targeting senescent cholangiocytes and activated fibroblasts with B-cell lymphoma-extra large inhibitors ameliorates fibrosis in multidrug resistance 2 gene knockout (Mdr2-/- ) mice. Hepatology. 2018 Jan; 67(1):247-259. Epub 2017 Nov 29.
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  26. Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T, Zhu Y, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD. The Clinical Potential of Senolytic Drugs. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct; 65 (10):2297-2301 Epub 2017 Sept 04
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  27. Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Ling YY, Zhao J, McGowan SJ, Zhu Y, Brooks RW, Grassi D, Gregg SQ, Stripay JL, Dorronsoro A, Corbo L, Tang P, Bukata C, Ring N, Giacca M, Li X, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD. Identification of HSP90 inhibitors as a novel class of senolytics. Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 4; 8 (1):422 Epub 2017 Sept 04
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  28. Zhu Y, Doornebal EJ, Pirtskhalava T, Giorgadze N, Wentworth M, Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. New agents that target senescent cells: the flavone, fisetin, and the BCL-XL inhibitors, A1331852 and A1155463. Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Mar 8; 9 (3):955-963
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  29. Schafer MJ, White TA, Iijima K, Haak AJ, Ligresti G, Atkinson EJ, Oberg AL, Birch J, Salmonowicz H, Zhu Y, Mazula DL, Brooks RW, Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Pirtskhalava T, Prakash YS, Tchkonia T, Robbins PD, Aubry MC, Passos JF, Kirkland JL, Tschumperlin DJ, Kita H, LeBrasseur NK. Cellular senescence mediates fibrotic pulmonary disease. Nat Commun. 2017 Feb 23; 8:14532
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  30. Stout MB, Steyn FJ, Jurczak MJ, Camporez JG, Zhu Y, Hawse JR, Jurk D, Palmer AK, Xu M, Pirtskhalava T, Evans GL, de Souza Santos R, Frank AP, White TA, Monroe DG, Singh RJ, Casaclang-Verzosa G, Miller JD, Clegg DJ, LeBrasseur NK, von Zglinicki T, Shulman GI, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. 17alpha-Estradiol Alleviates Age-related Metabolic and Inflammatory Dysfunction in Male Mice Without Inducing Feminization. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Jan; 72 (1):3-15 Epub 2016 Jan 24
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  31. Roos CM, Zhang B, Palmer AK, Ogrodnik MB, Pirtskhalava T, Thalji NM, Hagler M, Jurk D, Smith LA, Casaclang-Verzosa G, Zhu Y, Schafer MJ, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Miller JD. Chronic senolytic treatment alleviates established vasomotor dysfunction in aged or atherosclerotic mice. Aging Cell. 2016 Oct; 15 (5):973-7 Epub 2016 Aug 05
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  32. Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Dai HM, Ling YY, Stout MB, Pirtskhalava T, Giorgadze N, Johnson KO, Giles CB, Wren JD, Niedernhofer LJ, Robbins PD, Kirkland JL. Identification of a novel senolytic agent, navitoclax, targeting the Bcl-2 family of anti-apoptotic factors. Aging Cell. 2016 Jun; 15 (3):428-35 Epub 2016 Mar 18
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  33. Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Pirtskhalava T, Gower AC, Ding H, Giorgadze N, Palmer AK, Ikeno Y, Hubbard GB, Lenburg M, O'Hara SP, LaRusso NF, Miller JD, Roos CM, Verzosa GC, LeBrasseur NK, Wren JD, Farr JN, Khosla S, Stout MB, McGowan SJ, Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg H, Gurkar AU, Zhao J, Colangelo D, Dorronsoro A, Ling YY, Barghouthy AS, Navarro DC, Sano T, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ, Kirkland JL. The Achilles' heel of senescent cells: from transcriptome to senolytic drugs. Aging Cell. 2015 Aug; 14 (4):644-58 Epub 2015 Apr 22
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  34. Zhu Y, Tchkonia T, Stout MB, Giorgadze N, Wang L, Li PW, Heppelmann CJ, Bouloumie A, Jensen MD, Bergen HR 3rd, Kirkland JL. Inflammation and the depot-specific secretome of human preadipocytes. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 May; 23 (5):989-99 Epub 2015 Apr 10
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  35. Zhu Y, Armstrong JL, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Cellular senescence and the senescent secretory phenotype in age-related chronic diseases. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2014 Jul; 17 (4):324-8
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  36. Tchkonia T, Thomou T, Zhu Y, Karagiannides I, Pothoulakis C, Jensen MD, Kirkland JL. Mechanisms and metabolic implications of regional differences among fat depots. Cell Metab. 2013 May 7; 17 (5):644-656 Epub 2013 Apr 11
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  37. Tchkonia T, Zhu Y, van Deursen J, Campisi J, Kirkland JL. Cellular senescence and the senescent secretory phenotype: therapeutic opportunities. J Clin Invest. 2013 Mar; 123 (3):966-72 Epub 2013 Mar 01
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  38. Chen Y, Snyder MR, Zhu Y, Tostrud LJ, Benson LM, Katzmann JA, Bergen HR 3rd. Simultaneous phenotyping and quantification of alpha-1-antitrypsin by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Chem. 2011 Aug; 57 (8):1161-8 Epub 2011 June 02
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  39. Foerster Katharina, Helmy Ahmed, Zhu Yi, Khattar Ramzi, Adeyi Oyedele, Wong Kit, Shalev Itay, Clark David, Wong Pui-Yuen, Heathcote Elizabeth, Phillips Melville, Grant David, Renner Eberhard, Levy Gary, Selzner Nazia. The novel immunoregulatory molecule FGL2: A potential biomarker for severity of chronic hepatitis C virus infection Journal of Hepatology. 2010; 53(4):608-615.
  40. Shalev Itay, Wong Kit Man, Foerster Katharina, Zhu Yi, Chan Cecilia, Maknojia Asif, Zhang Jianhua, Ma Xue-Zhong, Yang Xiao Chun, Gao Julia Fang, Liu Hao, Selzner Nazia, Clark David A, Adeyi Oyedele, Phillips M James, Gorczynski Reginald R, Grant David, McGilvray Ian, Levy Gary. The novel CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell effector molecule fibrinogen-like protein 2 contributes to the outcome of murine fulminant viral hepatitis Hepatology. 2009; 49(2):387-397.
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  44. Wang Dong, Wang Zhi Gang, Wang Ming Wen, Chen Yong Jun, Liu Li, Zhu Yi. Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes and glyoxylates throughC-centered'chiral pentacoordinate allylsilicates or promoted by Lewis acid Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 1999; 10(2):327-338.