TY - JOUR
AU - Denk, Dominic
AU - Singh, Anurag
AU - Kasler, Herbert G
AU - D'Amico, Davide
AU - Rey, Julia
AU - Alcober-Boquet, Lucía
AU - Gorol, Johanna M
AU - Steup, Christoph
AU - Tiwari, Ritesh
AU - Kwok, Ryan
AU - Argüello, Rafael J
AU - Faitg, Julie
AU - Sprinzl, Kathrin
AU - Zeuzem, Stefan
AU - Nekljudova, Valentina
AU - Loibl, Sibylle
AU - Verdin, Eric
AU - Rinsch, Chris
AU - Greten, Florian R
TI - Effect of the mitophagy inducer urolithin A on age-related immune decline: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
JO - Nature aging
VL - 5
IS - 11
SN - 2662-8465
CY - London
PB - Nature Research
M1 - DKFZ-2025-02263
SP - 2309-2322
PY - 2025
N1 - 2025 Nov;5(11):2309-2322
AB - Mitochondrial dysfunction and stem cell exhaustion contribute to age-related immune decline, yet clinical interventions targeting immune aging are lacking. Recently, we demonstrated that urolithin A (UA), a mitophagy inducer, expands T memory stem cells (TSCM) and naive T cells in mice. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 50 healthy middle-aged adults received oral UA (1,000 mg day-1) or placebo for 4 weeks; time points of analysis were baseline and day 28. Primary outcomes were phenotypical changes in peripheral CD3+ T cell subsets and immune metabolic remodeling. UA expanded peripheral naive-like, less terminally exhausted CD8+ cells (treatment difference 0.50 percentage points; 95
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - pmid:41174221
DO - DOI:10.1038/s43587-025-00996-x
UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/305613
ER -