1 Animal 2018
Senolytics improved physical function and increased lifespan in old mice.
Senolytics improve physical function and increase lifespan in old age. Xu, Pirtskhalava, Farr, Weigand, Palmer, Weivoda · Nature medicine (2018)
Dasatinib + quercetin (and other senolytics) improved physical function and survival in aged mice Cleared senescent cells and reduced age-related dysfunction Core preclinical evidence for senolytic longevity benefit 2 Preclinical 2015
The Achilles' heel of senescent cells was exploited to identify the first senolytic drugs.
The Achilles' heel of senescent cells: from transcriptome to senolytic drugs. Zhu, Tchkonia, Pirtskhalava, Gower, Ding, Giorgadze · Aging cell (2015)
Founding senolytic discovery: identified pro-survival pathways senescent cells depend on Dasatinib and quercetin emerged as the first senolytic combination Defined the D+Q rationale and complementary cell-type coverage Senolytic drugs are reviewed from discovery toward clinical translation.
Senolytic drugs: from discovery to translation. Kirkland, Tchkonia · Journal of internal medicine (2020)
Review of senolytics including D+Q, fisetin, and navitoclax Summarizes preclinical evidence and the early human trials Frames the translational gap and safety considerations The SToMP-AD pilot trial tested senolytic dasatinib plus quercetin in early Alzheimer's disease.
Senolytic Therapy to Modulate the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease (SToMP-AD): A Pilot Clinical Trial. Gonzales, Garbarino, Marques Zilli, Petersen, Kirkland, Tchkonia · The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease (2022)
SToMP-AD: pilot clinical trial of senolytic dasatinib + quercetin in early Alzheimer's disease Assessed feasibility, safety, CNS penetration, and senescence/biomarker effects The first human senolytic trial in a neurodegenerative disease 5 Open-Label Cited 942× n=14 · very small study2019 Senolytics (dasatinib plus quercetin) improved physical function in a first-in-human open-label trial in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Senolytics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Results from a first-in-human, open-label, pilot study. Justice, Nambiar, Tchkonia, LeBrasseur, Pascual, Hashmi · EBioMedicine (2019)
First-in-human open-label pilot of D+Q in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Improvements in physical-function measures (walk distance, gait speed) Earliest human signal for senolytic benefit Senolytics decreased senescent cells in humans in a preliminary clinical-trial report.
Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease. Hickson, Langhi Prata, Bobart, Evans, Giorgadze, Hashmi · EBioMedicine (2019)
Open-label pilot of D+Q in diabetic kidney disease Reduced senescent-cell burden in adipose tissue and skin First human evidence that D+Q actually clears senescent cells