Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 14 pp 4910—4922

Figure 5. Autophagy-intact blood cells not plasma reverse autophagy defect-caused aging of non-hematopoietic organs. (A) Upper, schematic depicting the parabiotic pairings; lower, graph representing the heart/lung/spleen weight after 4 weeks of parabiosis. (B) Upper, schematic illustrating plasma treatment; lower, graph representing the heart or lung or spleen/body weight ratio after plasma treatment. (C) Summary of the study. Autophagy defect in hematopoietic system accelerates multiple non-hematopoietic organ aging, ultimately leading to a much shortened lifespan of the mouse.