Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Late-life targeting of the IGF-1 receptor improves healthspan and lifespan in female mice

  • Kai Mao,
  • Gabriela Farias Quipildor,
  • Tahmineh Tabrizian,
  • Ardijana Novaj,
  • Fangxia Guan,
  • Ryan O. Walters,
  • Fabien Delahaye,
  • Gene B. Hubbard,
  • Yuji Ikeno,
  • Keisuke Ejima,
  • Peng Li,
  • David B. Allison,
  • Hossein Salimi-Moosavi,
  • Pedro J. Beltran,
  • Pinchas Cohen,
  • Nir Barzilai,
  • Derek M. Huffman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04805-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Reduced IGF-1 signaling increases longevity in many organisms. Here, Mao et al. show that administration of an anti-IGF-1R antibody is well tolerated and delays aging in female mice; importantly, late-life targeting is sufficient to achieve the beneficial effects.