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Qiuyang Zhang1,2,3, S Michal Jazwinski2,4
1Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Abstract:
Cancer is a disease of aging, but most studies on cancer are in young but not aged animal models, and cancer clinical trials are rarely performed in older adults. Recognition of the connections between aging and cancer and improvement of treatment for elderly cancer patients has become one of the most critical medical issues with the global increase in the elderly population. Mouse models are essential experimental tools for understanding the molecular mechanisms of complex processes and related gene pathways of biological aging. However, few mouse models can be used to understand the role of aging in cancer development and the underlying mechanisms. One of the hallmarks of aging is chronic inflammation, often called inflammaging. This is our rationale for examining the role of aging-related inflammation in prostate cancer, a major aging malignancy. We have now developed a novel method to generate age-related cancer models in mice to better understand how age impacts cancer initiation and progression in the natural aging process. We discuss its application to elucidate some of the contributing mechanisms.
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