[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the evidence that metformin is a putative anti-aging drug that enhances healthspan and extends lifespan

I Mohammed, MD Hollenberg, H Ding… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
metformin. We conclude that despite data in support of anti-aging benefits, the evidence that
metformin increases lifespan … cancer, metformin can improve healthspan thereby extending …

The use of metformin to increase the human healthspan

V Piskovatska, KB Storey, AM Vaiserman… - Reviews on New Drug …, 2020 - Springer
Metformin, Survival and Longevity There is mounting evidence suggesting that metformin
increases lifespan and healthspan in model organisms such as worms [96,97,98,99] and mice […

Health benefits of late-onset metformin treatment every other week in mice

I Alfaras, SJ Mitchell, H Mora, DR Lugo… - NPJ aging and …, 2017 - nature.com
… The results indicate that intermittent metformin treatment did not lead to early mortality and
that EOW metformin improves some metabolic markers of health without promoting lifespan

Combining a high dose of metformin with the SIRT1 activator, SRT1720, reduces life span in aged mice fed a high-fat diet

DL Palliyaguru, RK Minor, SJ Mitchell… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… mass and extends survival of male mice on standard diet (SD) (6). SRT1720, another SIRT1
activator, improves healthspan and increases survival of middle-aged mice on SD (7) and …

Taming expectations of metformin as a treatment to extend healthspan

AR Konopka, BF Miller - Geroscience, 2019 - Springer
… of healthspan, we believe that it is also critical to evaluate the efficacy of metformin to extend
healthspan … clinical trial is to identify if metformin can improve hallmarks of healthy aging in …

Metformin treatment of diverse Caenorhabditis species reveals the importance of genetic background in longevity and healthspan extension outcomes

B Onken, CA Sedore, AL Coleman‐Hulbert, D Hall… - Aging cell, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… Here we report on the impact of metformin on longevity and old age mobility … metformin
increases the median lifespan of all tested C. elegans strains, but not the median lifespan

Effect of metformin on cardiac metabolism and longevity in aged female mice

X Zhu, W Shen, Z Liu, S Sheng, W Xiong… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… The antidiabetic drug metformin exerts pleiotropic effects on multiple organs, including the
… that metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in male mice, yet its lifespan lengthening …

Benefits of metformin in attenuating the hallmarks of aging

AS Kulkarni, S Gubbi, N Barzilai - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Metformin, a biguanide that combats age-related disorders and improves health span, is the
first … in the large clinical trial—TAME (targeting aging by metformin). This review focuses on …

Metformin and aging: a review

HH Glossmann, O Lutz - Gerontology, 2019 - karger.com
… In summary, this publication concluded that the lifespan extension with metformin that was …
Taken together, there is no evidence that metformin increases the lifespan of Drosophila, but it …

Effects of metformin on life span, cognitive ability, and inflammatory response in a short-lived fish

J Wei, H Qi, K Liu, C Zhao, Y Bian… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… revealed that metformin improved motor … that metformin improves cognitive skills with
decreased SA-β-gal activity and neurodegeneration in brain of the aged fish. Meanwhile, metformin