Inhibiting the Interleukin-11 Gene – The Key to Anti-aging!
In a discovery published in Nature, a team of scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore may have found a key to slow aging. The team demonstrated in preclinical models that the protein interleukin-11 (IL-11) actively promotes aging and that removing the IL-11 gene or using an anti-IL-11 antibody dramatically increases the lifespan and health of aging mice. These findings suggest that anti-IL-11 treatments could combat age-related diseases with minimal side effects, offering a promising avenue for future human trials. IL-11 leads to fat accumulation and muscle mass loss, two key hallmarks of aging. This protein has also been linked to several other aging-related problems. It was inherited from fish species approximately 450 million years ago. Chronic inflammation, tissue scarring, metabolic diseases, loss of muscular mass, and cardiac issues are all linked to IL-11. In preclinical studies, the team found that with age, organs expressed increasing levels ...