Life medicinePub Date : 2025-11-14eCollection Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf036
Junzhe Huang, Shengya Wang, Vincent C T Mok, Weihong Song, Ho Ko, Yun Zhang
{"title":"Integrating GLP-1 receptor agonists with anti-amyloid immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease: a phased clinical roadmap.","authors":"Junzhe Huang, Shengya Wang, Vincent C T Mok, Weihong Song, Ho Ko, Yun Zhang","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf036","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf036"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12715310/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145806360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-10-13eCollection Date: 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf033
{"title":"Centenarians: a model of immune resilience against multimorbidity.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf033"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12726917/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145829232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-10-13eCollection Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf034
{"title":"Explore sirtuin family: SIRT5 as a ticket for the entrance of the TBK1-RelA axis to skeletal muscle rejuvenation.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf034"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12680434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-09-30eCollection Date: 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf031
{"title":"From seq-ing to modeling: towards a molecular understanding of special properties of immature neurons in the human hippocampus.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf031"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12726914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145829270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Iron metabolism disorder promotes postovulatory oocyte aging by inducing oxidative stress damage.","authors":"Ziqi Huang, Bicheng Wang, Ying Tian, Xiangning Xu, Jiaqi Zhang, Shuo Lou, Jingyi Kang, Ningning Zhang, Ke Song, Jingyu Li, Jing Weng, Yuanjing Liang, Xiaokui Yang, Wei Ma","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reactive oxygen species (ROS) involve in oocyte postovulatory aging, yet the mechanism of ROS accumulation is not fully understood. We explored iron metabolic status and its relationship with ROS in mouse oocytes during postovulatory aging <i>in vivo</i>. We found that heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) expression was increased in oviduct and iron metabolism was disordered in oocytes with time post-ovulation. The aging oocytes were manifested with high iron content and disturbed expressions of iron metabolic proteins, including ferritin heavy chain (FHC), mitochondrial ferritin (FtMT), divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), ferroportin1 (FPN1), iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2) and transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1), along with increased cytosolic free Fe<sup>2+</sup>, lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, mitochondrial and lysosomal abnormality, and defects in spindle and chromosome alignment. These <i>in vivo</i> aging cells contained stable glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), unexpectedly, but had more iron and degenerative changes than their <i>in vitro</i> counterparts. The intraperitoneal deferoxamine (DFO) could alleviate all these changes and improve the fertilization competence and preimplantation development. Similarly, the HO-1 inhibitor Zinc Protoporphyrin (ZnPP) also could do this. Together, the iron homeostasis disturbance participates in ROS accumulation and degenerative changes in postovulatory aging oocytes, which can be alleviated by iron chelating.</p>","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf032"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12732666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-08-28eCollection Date: 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf029
Lixuan Huang, Lei Xu, Chuyu Yun, Jie Qiao, Xinyu Qi
{"title":"Peripheral organ crosstalk in the regulation of ovarian endocrine function and reproductive homeostasis.","authors":"Lixuan Huang, Lei Xu, Chuyu Yun, Jie Qiao, Xinyu Qi","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf029","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ovarian function is increasingly recognized as a systemic process influenced by cross-organ communication, yet knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms remains fragmented. In addition to the ovary, multiple organs, including the hypothalamus, adipose tissue, gut, liver, thyroid, adrenal gland, and heart, converge to regulate ovarian function. These interactions span endocrine signals (e.g. insulin hormones), immune mediators (e.g. cytokines), and metabolic cues (e.g. adipokines), collectively impacting folliculogenesis, steroidogenesis, and ovulation. Importantly, these interactions suggest novel therapeutic targets to mitigate ovarian dysfunction. However, causal relationships and organ-specific contributions require further mechanistic exploration. This synthesis underscores the necessity of a multisystem perspective in both the research and clinical management of ovarian disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf029"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12732670/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A framework of biomarkers for adipose tissue aging: a consensus statement by the Aging Biomarker Consortium.","authors":"Jian Yu, Yankang Zhang, Ting Zhang, Yan Bi, Yan Chen, Zheng Chen, Zhe Dai, Feifan Guo, Lixin Guo, Cheng Hu, Xiangqing Kong, Jian Li, Pingsheng Liu, Yong Liu, Jing Qu, Qiqun Tang, Congyi Wang, Liheng Wang, Jiqiu Wang, Jianping Weng, Aimin Xu, Lingyan Xu, Huijie Zhang, Jiajun Zhao, Jingjing Zhang, Weiqi Zhang, Tongjin Zhao, Weiping Zhang, Zhiming Zhu, Guang-Hui Liu, Guang Ning, Gang Pei, Li Qiang, Feng Liu, Xinran Ma","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf027","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adipose tissue serves as a crucial energy storage and metabolic organ in the human body. With the surging of elderly population in China comes significant challenges in preventing and managing age-associated diseases, while adipose tissue aging represents one of the pivotal initiating events for multi-organ senescence. To address these challenges, the Aging China Biomarkers Consortium (ABC) has established an expert consensus on biomarkers of adipose tissue aging by digesting literature and collecting insights from scientists and clinicians. This consensus provides a comprehensive evaluation of the key changes and characteristics, as well as biomarkers related to adipose tissue aging and proposes a systematic framework categorizing these biomarkers into functional, structural and humoral dimensions. Within each dimension, the ABC recommends clinically and empirically validated biomarkers and parameters for assessing both physiological and pathological changes in adipose tissue during aging, which aims to establish a foundation for future prediction, diagnosis, early warning and treatment for adipose tissue aging and its related diseases, with the ultimate goal of improving adipose tissue health and promoting healthy aging in elderly populations both in China and worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 5","pages":"lnaf027"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12517170/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145294691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-07-19eCollection Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf028
Juanhong Liu, Qinlei Huang, Feng Liu
{"title":"Fat talks first: how adipose tissue sets the pace of aging?","authors":"Juanhong Liu, Qinlei Huang, Feng Liu","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf028","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Once viewed primarily as an energy reservoir, adipose tissue (AT) is now recognized as a key endocrinal organ in regulating systemic aging. With age, AT undergoes significant remodeling, marked by altered fat distribution, visceral fat expansion, impaired thermogenesis, and chronic low-grade inflammation, which disrupts metabolic and immune homeostasis. Emerging insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics highlight the critical roles of adipose progenitors, immune cells, and senescent cells in driving local dysfunction and systemic decline. Through inflammatory and metabolic signaling, dysfunctional AT actively contributes to age-related pathologies. This review explores how AT functions as both an early sensor and driver of aging and discusses therapeutic opportunities targeting adipose dysfunction to promote healthy aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 5","pages":"lnaf028"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12517275/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145294687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Life medicinePub Date : 2025-07-11eCollection Date: 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf026
Zejun Fan, Zhenyu Li, Yiqing Jin, Arun Pandian Chandrasekaran, Ismail M Shakir, Yingzi Zhang, Aisha Siddique, Mengge Wang, Xuan Zhou, Yeteng Tian, Peter Wonka, Mo Li
{"title":"deepBlastoid: a deep learning model for automated and efficient evaluation of human blastoids.","authors":"Zejun Fan, Zhenyu Li, Yiqing Jin, Arun Pandian Chandrasekaran, Ismail M Shakir, Yingzi Zhang, Aisha Siddique, Mengge Wang, Xuan Zhou, Yeteng Tian, Peter Wonka, Mo Li","doi":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf026","DOIUrl":"10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advances in human blastoids have opened new avenues for modeling early human development and implantation. Human blastoids can be generated in large numbers, making them well-suited for high-throughput screening. However, automated methods for evaluating and characterizing blastoid morphology are lacking. We developed a deep-learning model-deepBlastoid-for automated classification of live human blastoids using only brightfield images. The model processes 273.6 images per second with an average accuracy of 87%, which is further improved to 97% by integrating a Confidence Rate metric. deepBlastoid outperformed human experts in throughput while matching accuracy in blastoid classification. We demonstrated the utility of the model in two use cases: (i) systematic assessment of the effect of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) on blastoid formation and (ii) evaluating the impact of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on blastoid formation. The evaluation results of deepBlastoid using over 10,000 images were consistent with the known drug effects and showed subtle but significant effects that might have been overlooked in manual assessments. The publicly available deepBlastoid model enables researchers to train customized models based on their imaging and protocols, providing an efficient, automated tool for blastoid classification with broad applications in research, drug screening, and <i>in-vitro</i>-fertilization applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":74073,"journal":{"name":"Life medicine","volume":"4 6","pages":"lnaf026"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12732673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}