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Joao Passos

Professor, Mayo Clinic, MN, USA
Verified email at mayo.edu
Cited by 30575

[PDF][PDF] Cellular senescence: defining a path forward

…, D Jurk, AB Maier, M Narita, L Niedernhofer, JF Passos… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Cellular senescence is a cell state implicated in various physiological processes and a wide
spectrum of age-related diseases. Recently, interest in therapeutically targeting senescence …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases

F Rossiello, D Jurk, JF Passos… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Ageing organisms accumulate senescent cells that are thought to contribute to body dysfunction.
Telomere shortening and damage are recognized causes of cellular senescence and …

DNA damage in telomeres and mitochondria during cellular senescence: is there a connection?

JF Passos, G Saretzki, T Von Zglinicki - Nucleic acids research, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Cellular senescence is the ultimate and irreversible loss of replicative capacity occurring in
primary somatic cell culture. It is triggered as a stereotypic response to unrepaired nuclear …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular senescence mediates fibrotic pulmonary disease

…, T Tchkonia, PD Robbins, MC Aubry, JF Passos… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease characterized by interstitial remodelling,
leading to compromised lung function. Cellular senescence markers are detectable within …

Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence

JF Passos, G Nelson, C Wang, T Richter… - Molecular systems …, 2010 - embopress.org
… 1999), prominent among these being pro‐inflammatory secretory genes (Coppe et al,
2008) and marker genes for a retrograde response induced by mitochondrial dysfunction (Passos

[HTML][HTML] Telomeres are favoured targets of a persistent DNA damage response in ageing and stress-induced senescence

…, R Anderson, M Taschuk, J Mann, JF Passos - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures, which protect chromosome ends and
have been implicated in the ageing process. Telomere shortening has been shown to …

[HTML][HTML] Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease

…, LO Lerman, KM McDonald, TJ McKenzie, JF Passos… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Senescent cells, which can release factors that cause inflammation and dysfunction,
the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), accumulate with ageing and …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction accounts for the stochastic heterogeneity in telomere-dependent senescence

JF Passos, G Saretzki, S Ahmed, G Nelson… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Aging is an inherently stochastic process, and its hallmark is heterogeneity between
organisms, cell types, and clonal populations, even in identical environments. The replicative …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular senescence drives age-dependent hepatic steatosis

…, TG Bird, WP Vermeij, JL Kirkland, JF Passos… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases with age. Cellular
senescence refers to a state of irreversible cell-cycle arrest combined with the secretion of …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic inflammation induces telomere dysfunction and accelerates ageing in mice

D Jurk, C Wilson, JF Passos, F Oakley… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Chronic inflammation is associated with normal and pathological ageing. Here we show that
chronic, progressive low-grade inflammation induced by knockout of the nfkb1 subunit of …