Brunet and Mahmoudi end by suggesting that induction of the four factors could be combined with removal of senescent cells, speculating that major life extension could result from synergy between the two.  (They also note that getting the four factors into cells of a living human being is a challenge we don’t yet know how to approach.)

        The complement system offers a number of particularly attractive targets where we can apply our platform technology to disrupt protein-protein interactions or produce highly specific enzyme inhibitors. We are initially developing a portfolio of drug candidates to treat a variety of complement-mediated diseases, including neurologic and hematologic diseases.

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In agreement with the widely recognized fact that CH is accompanied by energy deficiency19, our results revealed a significant decrease in the ratio of ATP/ADP and ATP/AMP after AAS challenge. Interestingly, QSYQ inhibited this AAS-elicited reduction, demonstrating the ability of QSYQ to improve energy metabolism, a potential that has been found in other pathological conditions, such as cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury and doxorubicin-induced myocardial structure damage and cardiac dysfunction, in which QSYQ increased myocardial ATP content via the up-regulation of ATP 5D20,21. The present study did not evaluate the effect of QSYQ on the expression of ATP synthase δ subunit, but rather assessed the changes in glycolysis and fatty acid β-oxidation in cardiac tissue. In consistence with the well-accepted view that CH is characterized by an increase in glycolysis and a decrease in fatty acid oxidation22, our results revealed that AAS challenge caused an increase in the proteins that are implicated in glycolysis, including ALDOA23, HIF124, HSP7025, and PFK226, but a decrease in the proteins that are related to oxidation of fatty acids and glucose, including ECH127, CPT1A28 and PDH29,30. These results demonstrated a shift of metabolism to fetal profile in AAS-induced cardiac hypertrophy22,31, which was further verified by the fact that ENOα, the fetal form of ENO, increased, while ENOβ, the adult form of ENO32, decreased in AAS-challenged rats. Impressively, all these changes were protected by QSYQ treatment, suggesting that QSYQ improves energy metabolism in AAS-induced cardiac hypertrophy via modulation of metabolic profile. Nonetheless, whether QSYQ affects ATP synthase δ subunit in AAS-induced cardiac hypertrophy requires elucidation by further study.

If there is a new beginning, things could get interesting. If there is nothing….I guess we likely will not know there is nothing.

In this study, using rat ascending aortic stenosis (AAS) model and proteomic and biochemical analyses, we investigated the holistic mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of QSYQ on CH. By comparing the efficacies and mechanisms of QSYQ, its single ingredient ASIV, DLA, R1, DO and various ingredient combinations we showed the rationality of QSYQ formula design, supporting that a regime containing multiple components is more effective than individual treatment for complex diseases16.

(a) ADPR levels were determined after treatment of NK cells with 30 μg PME for 40 s. Rp-8-Br-cAMPS (100 μM) or Rp-8-pCPT-cGMPS (20 μM) was preincubated for 30 min. 100 μM N6-benzoyl-cAMP (PKA activator, 40 s) was used for ADPR measurement. Data are mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *P < 0.001 vs basal; #P < 0.05. (b) cAMP levels were determined after treatment of NK cells with 30 μg PME. Data are mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. (c) Inhibition of tumor cell-induced sustained Ca2+ increase by a PKA inhibitor, Rp-8-Br-cAMPS, and an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, SQ 22536. Rp-8-Br-cAMPS (100 μM) or SQ 22536 (250 μM) was preincubated for 30 min. (d) SOCE induced by bafilomycin A1. Bafilomycin A1 (1 μM)-induced SOCE was inhibited with 50 μM SK96365 but not by 20 μM ACA. SK96365 or ACA was pre-incubated for 30 min. Data shown in c and d are mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. n = 10.

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Setsuhara, Y. et al. Plasma surface treatment of polymers with inductivity-coupled RF plasmas driven by low-inductance antenna units. Thin Solid Films 518, 1006–1011 (2009).

A weighted meta-regression using unrestricted maximum likelihood model was performed to assess the impact of statin dose, duration of statin therapy and baseline ADMA concentrations as potential moderator variables on the WMD in ADMA concentrations between statin and placebo group19,21.

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