FOXO4

FOXO4-DRI

A retro-inverso peptide: the sequence of a FOXO4 forkhead-domain fragment written backwards and built entirely from D-amino acids, a construction that presents a similar side-chain arrangement while resisting proteases. It is designed to interfere with the interaction between FOXO4 and p53 — a protein-protein interface rather than a receptor.

No registered human study names FOXO4-DRI as an intervention. ClinicalTrials.gov holds no trial of it, so there is no trial evidence to read — a fact about the public record rather than proof the compound does nothing. No FDA-approved product contains FOXO4-DRI. 19 papers naming it were published in the last ten years.

Collected 2026-08-02 from ClinicalTrials.gov and Drugs@FDA. Counts include only trials whose registered intervention names FOXO4-DRI; the registry search is fuzzy, so every match is re-checked. None of this says whether FOXO4-DRI works or is safe.

FDA status

Research only

Human studies

0

Furthest phase

Papers, 10 yr

19

Readership

1,079

monthly average, Feb–Jul 2026

Tracking since 2026-07-29 · About this data

What has actually been tested in humans

X

No registered human study

0

Registered human studies

None

No FDA-approved product contains it

No study of FOXO4-DRI in humans is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. That is a fact about the public record, not a statement that the compound does nothing — but it does mean there is no trial evidence to read, and anyone telling you otherwise should be asked for the registration number. The grade is mechanical: it is computed from the registry and the FDA record alone, and it grades how much is known, never whether a compound is good or safe. Collected 2026-08-02 from ClinicalTrials.gov and Drugs@FDA. Check the query.

What FOXO4-DRI is, and what it has been studied for

FOXO4-DRI is tracked here.

No registered trial names FOXO4-DRI as an intervention, so there is no condition it has been formally studied in. It does have a literature: 19 indexed papers name it in the last ten years. That work is laboratory and animal research, and a paper is not a trial.

Is anyone studying FOXO4-DRI?

Papers published each year that name FOXO4-DRI in the title or abstract, with the clinical trials that started in the same year marked beneath. Ten calendar years.

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Vertical axis: papers published that year. Bar for 2026 is hatched because that year is still running.
Publications and trials naming FOXO4-DRI, by year
YearPublicationsTrials startedComplete year
201730Yes
201820Yes
201900Yes
202010Yes
202120Yes
202230Yes
202320Yes
202420Yes
202530Yes
202640No

19 papers between 2017 and 2026. A paper counts when “FOXO4-DRI” appears in its title or abstract — phrase-matched, so a paper mentioning the words separately is not counted. The total is a single query over the whole window, which is why it does not equal the bars added together: PubMed files a paper under both its electronic and its print publication date, so one paper can appear in two years. Publication volume measures scientific attention, not whether a compound works: a well-studied compound can be well-studied and ineffective. Sources: PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov · collected 2026-08-02.

Published research on FOXO4-DRI

19 indexed papers name FOXO4-DRI in their title or abstract. These are the 8 PubMed ranks most relevant. Listing a paper is not a judgement about it, and none of these is summarised here — follow the link and read what it says.

  1. Eliminating Senescent Cells Can Promote Pulmonary Hypertension Development and Progression

    Born E, Lipskaia L, Breau M, et al.Circulation2023

    PMID 3651509310.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058794

  2. The disordered p53 transactivation domain is the target of FOXO4 and the senolytic compound FOXO4-DRI

    Bourgeois B, Spreitzer E, Platero-Rochart D, et al.Nature communications2025

    PMID 4059361710.1038/s41467-025-60844-9

  3. FOXO4-DRI regulates endothelial cell senescence via the P53 signaling pathway

    Hu Z, Li F, Hu C, et al.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

    PMID 4162506810.3389/fbioe.2025.1729166

  4. FOXO4-DRI induces keloid senescent fibroblast apoptosis by promoting nuclear exclusion of upregulated p53-serine 15 phosphorylation

    Kong YX, Li ZS, Liu YB, et al.Communications biology2025

    PMID 3999434610.1038/s42003-025-07738-0

  5. FOXO4-DRI improves spermatogenesis in aged mice through reducing senescence-associated secretory phenotype secretion from Leydig cells

    Li Y, Zhang C, Cheng H, et al.Experimental gerontology2024

    PMID 3902538510.1016/j.exger.2024.112522

  6. FOXO4-DRI alleviates age-related testosterone secretion insufficiency by targeting senescent Leydig cells in aged mice

    Zhang C, Xie Y, Chen H, et al.Aging2020

    PMID 3195973610.18632/aging.102682

  7. Senolytic Peptide FOXO4-DRI Selectively Removes Senescent Cells From in vitro Expanded Human Chondrocytes

    Huang Y, He Y, Makarcyzk MJ, et al.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2021

    PMID 3399678710.3389/fbioe.2021.677576

  8. FOXO4-D-Retro-Inverso targets extracellular matrix production in fibroblasts and ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice

    Liu Y, Hou Q, Wang R, et al.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2023

    PMID 3707439410.1007/s00210-023-02452-2

Collected 2026-08-02from PubMed, phrase-matched on “FOXO4-DRI” in title and abstract. Run the same search.

About FOXO4-DRI

A retro-inverso peptide: the sequence of a FOXO4 forkhead-domain fragment written backwards and built entirely from D-amino acids, a construction that presents a similar side-chain arrangement while resisting proteases. It is designed to interfere with the interaction between FOXO4 and p53 — a protein-protein interface rather than a receptor.

Also known as
FOXO4-D-Retro-Inverso

Structure and mechanism only. Nothing above describes what this compound is for, and no dose appears anywhere on this page.

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