GDF11 slows excitatory neuronal senescence and brain ageing by repressing p21

Abstract As a major neuron type in the brain, the excitatory neuron (EN) regulates the lifespan in C. elegans. How the EN acquires senescence, however, is unknown. Here, we show that growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is predominantly expressed in the EN in the adult mouse, marmoset and human...

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Main Authors: Di-Xian Wang, Zhao-Jun Dong, Sui-Xin Deng, Ying-Ming Tian, Yu-Jie Xiao, Xinran Li, Xiao-Ru Ma, Liang Li, Pengxiao Li, Hui-Zhong Chang, Longqi Liu, Fan Wang, Yang Wu, Xiang Gao, Shuang-Shuang Zheng, Hui-Min Gu, Ya-Nan Zhang, Jian-Bin Wu, Fan Wu, Yonglin Peng, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Ren-Ya Zhan, Li-Xia Gao, Qiming Sun, Xing Guo, Xiao-Dong Zhao, Jian-Hong Luo, Ruhong Zhou, Lei Han, Yousheng Shu, Jing-Wei Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43292-1