Prolongevity hormone FGF21 protects against immune senescence by delaying age-related thymic involution
Youm YH, Horvath TL, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA, Dixit VD. Prolongevity hormone FGF21 protects against immune senescence by delaying age-related thymic involution. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 1026-1031. PMID: 26755598, PMCID: PMC4743827, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514511113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cell transplantationAge-related thymic involutionCaloric restrictionFGF21 functionThymic involutionThymic agingHormone fibroblast growth factor 21Peripheral T-cell diversityThymic T-cell exportFibroblast growth factor 21Diverse T cell repertoireCortical thymic epithelial cellsLow immune competenceT cell frequenciesStem cell transplantationGrowth factor 21Naïve T cellsMiddle-aged miceT cell repertoireT cell diversityThymic stromal cellsT cell exportThymic epithelial cellsBrown adipose tissueEarly thymocyte progenitors
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