Aging Fly Cell Atlas identifies exhaustive aging features at cellular resolution

TC Lu, M Brbić, YJ Park, T Jackson, J Chen, SS Kolluru… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aging is characterized by a decline in tissue function, but the underlying changes at cellular
resolution across the organism remain unclear. Here, we present the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, a …

Whole-body gene expression atlas of an adult metazoan

A Ghaddar, E Armingol, C Huynh, L Gevirtzman… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Gene activity defines cell identity, drives intercellular communication, and underlies the
functioning of multicellular organisms. We present the single-cell resolution atlas of gene …

A molecular atlas of adult C. elegans motor neurons reveals ancient diversity delineated by conserved transcription factor codes

JJ Smith, SR Taylor, JA Blum, W Feng, R Collings… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Motor neurons (MNs) constitute an ancient cell type targeted by multiple adult-onset
diseases. It is therefore important to define the molecular makeup of adult MNs in animal …

A Year at the Forefront of Proteostasis and Aging

MA Thompson, EA De-Souza - Biology Open, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
During aging, animals experience a decline in proteostasis activity, including loss of stress-
response activation, culminating in the accumulation of misfolded proteins and toxic …

Aging atlas reveals cell-type-specific effects of pro-longevity strategies

SM Gao, Y Qi, Q Zhang, Y Guan, YT Lee, L Ding… - Nature Aging, 2024 - nature.com
Organismal aging involves functional declines in both somatic and reproductive tissues.
Multiple strategies have been discovered to extend lifespan across species. However, how …

Rapid and synchronous chemical induction of replicative‐like senescence via a small molecule inhibitor

S Palikyras, K Sofiadis, A Stavropoulou… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular senescence is acknowledged as a key contributor to organismal ageing and late‐
life disease. Though popular, the study of senescence in vitro can be complicated by the …

VISTA: visualizing the spatial transcriptome of the C.elegans nervous system

D Liska, Z Wolfe, A Norris - Bioinformatics Advances, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Profiling the transcriptomes of single cells without sacrificing spatial information is a major
goal of the field of spatial transcriptomics, but current technologies require tradeoffs between …

Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase maintains neuronal homeostasis during normal Caenorhabditis elegans aging and systemically regulates longevity from …

MI Lazaro-Pena, AB Cornwell, CA Diaz-Balzac, R Das… - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Aging and the age-associated decline of the proteome is determined in part through
neuronal control of evolutionarily conserved transcriptional effectors, which safeguard …

Molecular heterogeneity of C. elegans glia across sexes

MD Purice, EJA Quitevis, RS Manning, LJ Severs… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A comprehensive description of nervous system function, and sex dimorphism within, is
incomplete without clear assessment of the diversity of its component cell types, neurons …

Fabrication of microfluidic devices for continuously monitoring yeast aging

R O'Laughlin, E Forrest, J Hasty, N Hao - Bio-protocol, 2023 - bio-protocol.org
Background Progress in aging research has been greatly accelerated in recent years due to
the development of new tools and techniques for single-cell analysis (Dulken et al., 2019; Li …