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In lupus mice, fisetin lowered worn-out brain cells and depression-like behavior

Saito and colleagues · Frontiers in immunology · 2021

Original title: Accumulation of Senescent Neural Cells in Murine Lupus With Depression-Like Behavior.

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What the study found

Points to benefit

Fisetin lowered the number of worn-out brain cells and reduced depression-like behavior in lupus mice. Worn-out cell gene signals in the hippocampus also fell.

The study at a glance

Type of study
Animal study
Who or what was studied
lupus-prone mice with depression-like behavior
What was tested
Fisetin by mouth to mice with lupus
What it measured
Several kinds of outcomes
Who has a stake
No stake declared
No competing interests declared.
Journal
Frontiers in immunology, 2021
Source
PubMed record 34804003. This page is based on the abstract only.

How much this study counts

  • –Done in animals. Results in animals often do not carry over to people.
  • ✓No competing interests declared.
  • •Summarized from the PubMed abstract only. The full paper may hold details the abstract leaves out.

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Where this study sits

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  1. Trials in people: aging and age-related decline

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  2. Trials in people: other measures

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  3. Trials in people: lab tests or safety

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  4. Population studies

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    1 benefit

  5. Blood levels and genes

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  7. Cells in a dish

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  • Points to harm

How it fits with the other research

The short answer to “Does fisetin slow aging?”

Not shown in people.

Confidence: very low. Based on 12 on-topic papers.

Read the full answer

Of the other 4 papers on the same step: 4 benefit. This one found benefit. It agrees with most of them.

  • Quoted in “What we found”: In mice with obesity, lupus, kidney damage or muscular dystrophy, fisetin lowered worn-out cells and improved sugar handling, behavior, kidney repair or muscle.
  • Part of the finding “In sick mice, fisetin cleared worn-out cells”.
  • Marked as a key paper in the research timeline: Fisetin by mouth cut worn-out brain cells in mice.

Other papers on the same step

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