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James L. Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Endocrinologist
  2. Geriatrician
  3. Internist

Publications

  1. 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 Aug 28; e13219 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Iske J, Seyda M, Heinbokel T, Maenosono R, Minami K, Nian Y, Quante M, Falk CS, Azuma H, Martin F, Passos JF, Niemann CU, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Senolytics prevent mt-DNA-induced inflammation and promote the survival of aged organs following transplantation. Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 27; 11 (1):4289
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  3. Wyld L, Bellantuono I, Tchkonia T, Morgan J, Turner O, Foss F, George J, Danson S, Kirkland JL. Senescence and Cancer: A Review of Clinical Implications of Senescence and Senotherapies. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 31; 12 (8) Epub 2020 July 31
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  4. Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T. Senolytic drugs: from discovery to translation. J Intern Med. 2020 Jul 19 Epub 2020 July 19
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  5. Kim SR, Zou X, Tang H, Puranik AS, Abumoawad AM, Zhu XY, Hickson LJ, Tchkonia T, Textor SC, Kirkland JL, Lerman LO. Increased cellular senescence in the murine and human stenotic kidney: Effect of mesenchymal stem cells. J Cell Physiol. 2020 Jul 13 Epub 2020 July 13
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  6. Pignolo RJ, Passos JF, Khosla S, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Reducing Senescent Cell Burden in Aging and Disease. Trends Mol Med. 2020 Jul; 26 (7):630-638 Epub 2020 Apr 17
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  7. Song S, Lam EW, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Sun Y. Senescent Cells: Emerging Targets for Human Aging and Age-Related Diseases. Trends Biochem Sci. 2020 Jul; 45 (7):578-592 Epub 2020 Apr 06
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  8. Stojakovic A, Trushin SA, Sheu Anthony, Khalili Layla, Chang S, Li X, Christensen Trace, Salisbury Jeffrey, Geroux RE, Gateno Benjamin, Flannery PJ, Dehankar M, Funk Cory C., Wilkins Jordan, Stepanova Anna, O'Hagan Tara, Galkin Alexander, Nesbitt JJ, Zhu X, Tripathi U, Macura SI, Tchkonia Tamar, Pirtskhalava Tamar, Kirkland JL, Kudgus RA, Schoon Renee, Reid JM, Yamazaki Yu, Kanekiyo Takahisa, Zhang Song, Nemutlu Emirhan, Dzeja Petras, Jaspersen Adam, Kwon Christopher Ye In, Lee Michael, Trushina E. Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I attenuates neurodegeneration and restores energy homeostasis and synaptic function in a symptomatic Alzheimer’s mouse model BioRxiv. 2020.
  9. 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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  10. Chandra A, Lagnado AB, Farr JN, Monroe DG, Park S, Hachfeld C, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Khosla S, Passos JF, Pignolo RJ. Targeted Reduction of Senescent Cell Burden Alleviates Focal Radiotherapy-Related Bone Loss. J Bone Miner Res. 2020 Jun; 35 (6):1119-1131 Epub 2020 Mar 05
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  11. Khosla S, Farr JN, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. The role of cellular senescence in ageing and endocrine disease. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 May; 16 (5):263-275 Epub 2020 Mar 11
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  12. Kim SR, Jiang K, Ferguson CM, Tang H, Chen X, Zhu XY, Hickson LJ, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Lerman LO. Transplanted senescent renal scattered tubular-like cells induce injury in the mouse kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2020 May 1; 318 (5):F1167-F1176 Epub 2020 Mar 30
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  13. Guida JL, Agurs-Collins T, Ahles TA, Campisi J, Dale W, Demark-Wahnefried W, Dietrich J, Fuldner R, Gallicchio L, Green PA, Hurria A, Janelsins MC, Jhappan C, Kirkland JL, Kohanski R, Longo V, Meydani S, Mohile S, Niedernhofer LJ, Nelson C, Perna F, Schadler K, Scott JM, Schrack JA, Tracy RP, van Deursen J, Ness KK. Strategies to Prevent or Remediate Cancer and Treatment-Related Aging. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Apr 29 [Epub ahead of print]
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  14. Miller BF, Pharaoh GA, Hamilton KL, Peelor FF, Kirkland JL, Freeman WM, Mann SN, Kinter M, Price JC, Stout MB. Short-term Calorie Restriction and 17alpha-Estradiol Administration Elicit Divergent Effects on Proteostatic Processes and Protein Content in Metabolically Active Tissues. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020 Apr 17; 75 (5):849-857
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  15. Wang B, Liu Z, Chen VP, Wang L, Inman CL, Zhou Y, Guo C, Tchkonia T, Rowe DW, Kuchel GA, Robson P, Kirkland JL, Xu M. Transplanting cells from old but not young donors causes physical dysfunction in older recipients. Aging Cell. 2020 Mar; 19 (3):e13106 Epub 2020 Jan 23
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  16. 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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  17. Cavalcante MB, Saccon TD, Nunes ADC, Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T, Schneider A, Masternak MM. Dasatinib plus quercetin prevents uterine age-related dysfunction and fibrosis in mice. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Jan 18; 12 (3):2711-2722
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  18. Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Guralnik JM, Cummings SR, Salive M, Kuchel GA, Schrack J, Morris MC, Weir D, Baccarelli A, Murabito JM, Ben-Shlomo Y, Espeland MA, Kirkland J, Melzer D, Ferrucci L. Accelerating the Search for Interventions Aimed at Expanding the Health Span in Humans: The Role of Epidemiology. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020 Jan 1; 75 (1):77-86
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  19. Conley SM, Hickson LJ, Kellogg TA, McKenzie T, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Tang H, Jordan KL, Saadiq IM, Woollard JR, Isik B, Afarideh M, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Lerman LO. Human Obesity Induces Dysfunction and Early Senescence in Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020; 8:197 Epub 2020 Mar 26
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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. Colon G, Saccon T, Schneider A, Cavalcante MB, Huffman DM, Berryman D, List E, Ikeno Y, Musi N, Bartke A, Kopchick J, Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T, Masternak MM. The enigmatic role of growth hormone in age-related diseases, cognition, and longevity. Geroscience. 2019 Dec; 41 (6):759-774 Epub 2019 Sept 04
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  22. Kim SR, Jiang K, Ogrodnik M, Chen X, Zhu XY, Lohmeier H, Ahmed L, Tang H, Tchkonia T, Hickson LJ, Kirkland JL, Lerman LO. Increased renal cellular senescence in murine high-fat diet: effect of the senolytic drug quercetin. Transl Res. 2019 Nov; 213:112-123 Epub 2019 July 15
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  23. Palmer AK, Gustafson B, Kirkland JL, Smith U. Cellular senescence: at the nexus between ageing and diabetes. Diabetologia. 2019 Oct; 62 (10):1835-1841 Epub 2019 Aug 27
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  24. Suvakov S, Cubro H, White WM, Butler Tobah YS, Weissgerber TL, Jordan KL, Zhu XY, Woollard JR, Chebib FT, Milic NM, Grande JP, Xu M, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Lerman LO, Garovic VD. Targeting senescence improves angiogenic potential of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in patients with preeclampsia. Biol Sex Differ. 2019 Sep 14; 10 (1):49 Epub 2019 Sept 14
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  25. Newman JC, Sokoloski JL, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ, Reed MJ, Wei J, Austad SN, Barzilai N, Cohen HJ, Kuchel GA, Kirkland JL, Pignolo RJ. Creating the Next Generation of Translational Geroscientists. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Sep; 67 (9):1934-1939 Epub 2019 July 09
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  26. 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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  27. Farr JN, Rowsey JL, Eckhardt BA, Thicke BS, Fraser DG, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Monroe DG, Khosla S. Independent Roles of Estrogen Deficiency and Cellular Senescence in the Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis: Evidence in Young Adult Mice and Older Humans. J Bone Miner Res. 2019 Aug; 34 (8):1407-1418 Epub 2019 June 21
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  28. Parikh P, Britt RD Jr, Manlove LJ, Wicher SA, Roesler A, Ravix J, Teske J, Thompson MA, Sieck GC, Kirkland JL, LeBrasseur N, Tschumperlin DJ, Pabelick CM, Prakash YS. Hyperoxia-induced Cellular Senescence in Fetal Airway Smooth Muscle Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019 Jul; 61 (1):51-60
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  29. Lewis-McDougall FC, Ruchaya PJ, Domenjo-Vila E, Shin Teoh T, Prata L, Cottle BJ, Clark JE, Punjabi PP, Awad W, Torella D, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Ellison-Hughes GM. Aged-senescent cells contribute to impaired heart regeneration. Aging Cell. 2019 Jun; 18 (3):e12931 Epub 2019 Mar 10
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  30. 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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  31. Chini C, Hogan KA, Warner GM, Tarrago MG, Peclat TR, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Chini E. The NADase CD38 is induced by factors secreted from senescent cells providing a potential link between senescence and age-related cellular NAD(+) decline. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 May 28; 513 (2):486-493 Epub 2019 Apr 08
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  32. 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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  33. Sah RP, Sharma A, Nagpal S, Patlolla SH, Sharma A, Kandlakunta H, Anani V, Angom RS, Kamboj AK, Ahmed N, Mohapatra S, Vivekanandhan S, Philbrick KA, Weston A, Takahashi N, Kirkland J, Javeed N, Matveyenko A, Levy MJ, Mukhopadhyay D, Chari ST. Phases of Metabolic and Soft Tissue Changes in Months Preceding a Diagnosis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2019 May; 156 (6):1742-1752 Epub 2019 Jan 22
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  34. Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Therapeutic Approaches to Aging-Reply. JAMA 2019 Mar 5; 321 (9):901-902
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  35. Anderson R, Lagnado A, Maggiorani D, Walaszczyk A, Dookun E, Chapman J, Birch J, Salmonowicz H, Ogrodnik M, Jurk D, Proctor C, Correia-Melo C, Victorelli S, Fielder E, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Owens A, Greaves LC, Kolsky KL, Parini A, Douin-Echinard V, LeBrasseur NK, Arthur HM, Tual-Chalot S, Schafer MJ, Roos CM, Miller JD, Robertson N, Mann J, Adams PD, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Mialet-Perez J, Richardson GD, Passos JF. Length-independent telomere damage drives post-mitotic cardiomyocyte senescence. EMBO J. 2019 Mar 1; 38 (5) Epub 2019 Feb 08
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  36. Hurria A, Carpenter CR, McFarland F, Lundebjerg NE, de Cabo R, Ferrucci L, Studenski SA, Barzilai N, Briggs JP, Ix JH, Kitzman DW, Kuchel GA, Musi N, Newman JC, Rando TA, Smith AK, Walston JD, Kirkland JL, Yung R. Models and Studies of Aging: Executive Summary of a Report from the U13 Conference Series. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Mar; 67 (3):428-433 Epub 2019 Jan 29
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  37. Akkad H, Cacciani N, Llano-Diez M, Corpeno Kalamgi R, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Larsson L. Vamorolone treatment improves skeletal muscle outcome in a critical illness myopathy rat model. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2019 Feb; 225 (2):e13172 Epub 2018 Sept 06
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  38. Justice JN, Nambiar AM, Tchkonia T, LeBrasseur NK, Pascual R, Hashmi SK, Prata L, Masternak MM, Kritchevsky SB, Musi N, Kirkland JL. Senolytics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Results from a first-in-human, open-label, pilot study. EBioMedicine. 2019 Feb; 40:554-563 Epub 2019 Jan 05
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  39. Lau A, Kennedy BK, Kirkland JL, Tullius SG. Mixing old and young: enhancing rejuvenation and accelerating aging. J Clin Invest. 2019 Jan 2; 129 (1):4-11 Epub 2019 Jan 02
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  40. Muscedere J, Kim PM, Afilalo J, Balion C, Baracos VE, Bowdish D, Cesari M, Erusalimsky JD, Fulop T, Heckman G, Howlett SE, Khadaroo RG, Kirkland JL, Rodriguez Manas L, Marzetti E, Pare G, Raina P, Rockwood K, Sinclair A, Skappak C, Verschoor C, Walter S. Proceedings of the Canadian Frailty Network Workshop: Identifying Biomarkers of Frailty to Support Frailty Risk Assessment, Diagnosis and Prognosis. Toronto, January 15, 2018. J Frailty Aging. 2019; 8 (3):106-116
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  41. Bian X, Griffin TP, Zhu X, Islam MN, Conley SM, Eirin A, Tang H, O'Shea PM, Palmer AK, McCoy RG, Herrmann SM, Mehta RA, Woollard JR, Rule AD, Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T, Textor SC, Griffin MD, Lerman LO, Hickson LJ. Senescence marker activin A is increased in human diabetic kidney disease: association with kidney function and potential implications for therapy. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2019; 7 (1):e000720 Epub 2019 Dec 15
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  42. Larsson L, Degens H, Li M, Salviati L, Lee YI, Thompson W, Kirkland JL, Sandri M. Sarcopenia: Aging-Related Loss of Muscle Mass and Function. Physiol Rev. 2019 Jan 1; 99 (1):427-511
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  43. Prata LGPL, Ovsyannikova IG, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Senescent cell clearance by the immune system: Emerging therapeutic opportunities. Semin Immunol. 2018 Dec; 40:101275 Epub 2019 May 11
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  44. Nath KA, O'Brien DR, Croatt AJ, Grande JP, Ackerman AW, Nath MC, Yamada S, Terzic A, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Katusic ZS. The murine dialysis fistula model exhibits a senescence phenotype: pathobiological mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 Nov 1; 315 (5):F1493-F1499 Epub 2018 July 18
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  45. Rocca WA, Gazzuola Rocca L, Smith CY, Grossardt BR, Faubion SS, Shuster LT, Kirkland JL, LeBrasseur NK, Schafer MJ, Mielke MM, Kantarci K, Stewart EA, Miller VM. Loss of Ovarian Hormones and Accelerated Somatic and Mental Aging. Physiology (Bethesda). 2018 Nov 1; 33 (6):374-383
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  46. Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Aging, Cell Senescence, and Chronic Disease: Emerging Therapeutic Strategies. JAMA. 2018 Oct 2; 320 (13):1319-1320
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  47. 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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  48. Rocca WA, Gazzuola Rocca L, Smith CY, Grossardt BR, Faubion SS, Shuster LT, Kirkland JL, LeBrasseur NK, Mielke MM, Kantarci K, Stewart EA, Miller VM. Ovarian Hormones and Somatic and Mental Aging Physiology. 2018.
  49. Xu M, Pirtskhalava T, Farr JN, Weigand BM, Palmer AK, Weivoda MM, Inman CL, Ogrodnik MB, Hachfeld CM, Fraser DG, Onken JL, Johnson KO, Verzosa GC, Langhi LGP, Weigl M, Giorgadze N, LeBrasseur NK, Miller JD, Jurk D, Singh RJ, Allison DB, Ejima K, Hubbard GB, Ikeno Y, Cubro H, Garovic VD, Hou X, Weroha SJ, Robbins PD, Niedernhofer LJ, Khosla S, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL. Senolytics improve physical function and increase lifespan in old age. Nat Med. 2018 Aug; 24 (8):1246-1256 Epub 2018 July 09
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  50. Ness KK, Kirkland JL, Gramatges MM, Wang Z, Kundu M, McCastlain K, Li-Harms X, Zhang J, Tchkonia T, Pluijm SMF, Armstrong GT. Premature Physiologic Aging as a Paradigm for Understanding Increased Risk of Adverse Health Across the Lifespan of Survivors of Childhood Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Jul 20; 36 (21):2206-2215 Epub 2018 June 06
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  51. Justice JN, Gregory H, Tchkonia T, LeBrasseur NK, Kirkland JL, Kritchevsky SB, Nicklas BJ. Cellular Senescence Biomarker p16INK4a+ Cell Burden in Thigh Adipose is Associated With Poor Physical Function in Older Women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 Jun 14; 73 (7):939-945
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  52. Hadley EC, Kuchel GA, Newman AB, Allore HG, Bartley JM, Bergeman CS, Blinov ML, Colon-Emeric CS, Dabhar FS, Dugan LL, Dutta C, Eldadah BA, Ferrucci L, Kirkland JL, Kritchevsky SB, Lipsitz LA, Nadkarni NK, Reed MJ, Schmader KE, Sierra F, Studenski SA, Varadhan R, Walston JD, Whitson HE, Yung R. Corrigendum to: Report: NIA Workshop on Measures of Physiologic Resiliencies in Human Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 Jun 14; 73 (7):995
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  53. Khosla S, Farr JN, Kirkland JL. Inhibiting Cellular Senescence: A New Therapeutic Paradigm for Age-Related Osteoporosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Apr 1; 103 (4):1282-1290
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  54. Salah H, Fury W, Gromada J, Bai Y, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Larsson L. Muscle-specific differences in expression and phosphorylation of the Janus kinase 2/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 following long-term mechanical ventilation and immobilization in rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2018 Mar; 222 (3) Epub 2017 Oct 30
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  55. 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, Mullhaupt 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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  56. Kandhaya-Pillai R, Miro-Mur F, Alijotas-Reig J, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Schwartz S. TNFalpha-senescence initiates a STAT-dependent positive feedback loop, leading to a sustained interferon signature, DNA damage, and cytokine secretion. Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Nov 22; 9 (11):2411-2435
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  57. 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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  58. 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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  59. Rocca WA, Gazzuola Rocca L, Smith CY, Grossardt BR, Faubion SS, Shuster LT, Kirkland JL, Stewart EA, Miller VM. Bilateral Oophorectomy and Accelerated Aging: Cause or Effect? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Sep 1; 72 (9):1213-1217
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  60. Farr JN, Xu M, Weivoda MM, Monroe DG, Fraser DG, Onken JL, Negley BA, Sfeir JG, Ogrodnik MB, Hachfeld CM, LeBrasseur NK, Drake MT, Pignolo RJ, Pirtskhalava T, Tchkonia T, Oursler MJ, Kirkland JL, Khosla S. Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice. Nat Med. 2017 Sep; 23 (9):1072-1079 Epub 2017 Aug 21
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  61. Kirkland JL, Tchkonia T. Cellular Senescence: A Translational Perspective. EBioMedicine. 2017 Jul; 21:21-28 Epub 2017 Apr 12
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  62. Ogrodnik M, Miwa S, Tchkonia T, Tiniakos D, Wilson CL, Lahat A, Day CP, Burt A, Palmer A, Anstee QM, Grellscheid SN, Hoeijmakers JHJ, Barnhoorn S, Mann DA, Bird TG, Vermeij WP, Kirkland JL, Passos JF, von Zglinicki T, Jurk D. Cellular senescence drives age-dependent hepatic steatosis. Nat Commun. 2017 Jun 13; 8:15691 Epub 2017 June 13
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  63. Xu M, Bradley EW, Weivoda MM, Hwang SM, Pirtskhalava T, Decklever T, Curran GL, Ogrodnik M, Jurk D, Johnson KO, Lowe V, Tchkonia T, Westendorf JJ, Kirkland JL. Transplanted Senescent Cells Induce an Osteoarthritis-Like Condition in Mice. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Jun 1; 72 (6):780-785
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  64. Niedernhofer LJ, Kirkland JL, Ladiges W. Molecular pathology endpoints useful for aging studies. Ageing Res Rev. 2017 May; 35:241-249 Epub 2016 Oct 06
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  65. 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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  66. 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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  67. 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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  68. Stout MB, Justice JN, Nicklas BJ, Kirkland JL. Physiological Aging: Links Among Adipose Tissue Dysfunction, Diabetes, and Frailty. Physiology (Bethesda). 2017 Jan; 32 (1):9-19
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  69. Cupit-Link MC, Kirkland JL, Ness KK, Armstrong GT, Tchkonia T, LeBrasseur NK, Armenian SH, Ruddy KJ, Hashmi SK. Biology of premature ageing in survivors of cancer. ESMO Open. 2017; 2 (5):e000250 Epub 2017 Dec 18
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  70. Palmer AK, Kirkland JL. Aging and adipose tissue: potential interventions for diabetes and regenerative medicine. Exp Gerontol. 2016 Dec 15; 86:97-105 Epub 2016 Feb 26
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  71. Farr JN, Fraser DG, Wang H, Jaehn K, Ogrodnik MB, Weivoda MM, Drake MT, Tchkonia T, LeBrasseur NK, Kirkland JL, Bonewald LF, Pignolo RJ, Monroe DG, Khosla S. Identification of Senescent Cells in the Bone Microenvironment. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Nov; 31 (11):1920-1929 Epub 2016 Oct 24
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  72. Rocca WA, Gazzuola-Rocca L, Smith CY, Grossardt BR, Faubion SS, Shuster LT, Kirkland JL, Stewart EA, Miller VM. Accelerated Accumulation of Multimorbidity After Bilateral Oophorectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Nov; 91 (11):1577-1589 Epub 2016 Sept 29
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  73. Kirkland JL, Stout MB, Sierra F. Resilience in Aging Mice. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 Nov; 71 (11):1407-1414 Epub 2016 Aug 16
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  188. Kirkland JL, Dax EM. Adipocyte hormone responsiveness and aging in the rat: problems in the interpretation of aging research. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1984 Mar; 32(3):219-28.
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  189. Hickey DS, Kirkland JL, Lucas SB, Lye M. Analysis of circadian rhythms by fitting a least squares sine curve. Comput Biol Med. 1984; 14(2):217-23.
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  190. Kirkland JL, Lye M, Levy DW, Banerjee AK. Patterns of urine flow and electrolyte excretion in healthy elderly people. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Dec 3; 287: (6406)1665-7.
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  192. Kirkland JL, Lye M, Faragher EB, dos Santos AG. A longitudinal study of the prognostic significance of ventricular ectopic beats in the elderly. Gerontology. 1983; 29(3):199-201.
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  193. Brocklehurst JC, Kirkland JL, Martin J, Ashford J. Constipation in long-stay elderly patients: its treatment and prevention by lactulose, poloxalkol-dihydroxyanthroquinolone and phosphate enemas. Gerontology. 1983; 29(3):181-4.
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