Nature Communications (May 2020)

The CD153 vaccine is a senotherapeutic option for preventing the accumulation of senescent T cells in mice

  • Shota Yoshida,
  • Hironori Nakagami,
  • Hiroki Hayashi,
  • Yuka Ikeda,
  • Jiao Sun,
  • Akiko Tenma,
  • Hideki Tomioka,
  • Tomohiro Kawano,
  • Munehisa Shimamura,
  • Ryuichi Morishita,
  • Hiromi Rakugi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16347-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Senotherapy, the removal of aged T cells, is an effective approach to attenuate age-related diseases. Here the authors report a CD153 targeting vaccine that prevents the accumulation of senescent adipose tissue T cells in mice on high-fat diet, which is associated with improved glucose tolerance.