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FOXO4-DRI: doses reported in published research

Sources checked 2026-10-07 · 3 cited studies (0 human, 2 animal, 1 cell culture)

FOXO4-DRI is a D-retro-inverso peptide designed to interfere with the FOXO4-p53 interaction; it was described in 2017. Published dose data are from mouse and cell studies.

No human data. no human studies or registered human trials were found.

Animal studies (2)

Animal doses are listed exactly as the studies report them. They are not converted to human amounts here; doses do not translate between species by body weight.

Animal Mice (doxorubicin model), Baar et al. 2017, supplementary figure legend

Dose as reported
5 mg/kg
Route
Intravenous
Frequency / duration
3 doses, on days 1, 3 and 5

Source wording: 3× i.v. 5mg/kg FOXO4-DRI (day 1,3,5)

Baar MP, Brandt RMC, Putavet DA et al.. Targeted Apoptosis of Senescent Cells Restores Tissue Homeostasis in Response to Chemotoxicity and Aging. Cell 2017. PubMed PMID 28340339 ↗ · full text PMC5556182 ↗

Animal Naturally aged male mice (20-24 months)

Dose as reported
5 mg/kg
Route
Intraperitoneal
Frequency / duration
Every other day for 3 administrations

Source wording: the aged mice were intraperitoneally injected with FOXO4-DRI (5 mg/kg) in PBS or PBS alone every other day for three administrations

Zhang C, Xie Y, Chen H et al.. FOXO4-DRI alleviates age-related testosterone secretion insufficiency by targeting senescent Leydig cells in aged mice. Aging (Albany NY) 2020. PubMed PMID 31959736 ↗ · full text PMC7053614 ↗

Cell-culture studies (1)

Cell culture (in vitro) Human IMR90 fibroblasts (senescent and control), Baar et al. 2017

Dose as reported
25 µM
Route
Added to cell culture
Frequency / duration
Imaged for 6 days after addition

Source wording: 25μM FOXO4-DRI. After 8h the cells were processed for real-time imaging for 6 days in total.

Baar MP, Brandt RMC, Putavet DA et al.. Targeted Apoptosis of Senescent Cells Restores Tissue Homeostasis in Response to Chemotoxicity and Aging. Cell 2017. PubMed PMID 28340339 ↗ · full text PMC5556182 ↗

Half-life

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