Pathogenesis, intervention, and current status of drug development for sarcopenia: a review

JY Jang, D Kim, ND Kim - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia refers to the loss of muscle strength and mass in older individuals and is a major
determinant of fall risk and impaired ability to perform activities of daily living, often leading …

To be frail or not to be frail: this is the question—a critical narrative review of frailty

S Sciacchitano, V Carola, G Nicolais… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Many factors have contributed to rendering frailty an emerging, relevant, and very popular
concept. First, many pandemics that have affected humanity in history, including COVID-19 …

Changes in frailty and incident cardiovascular disease in three prospective cohorts

D He, Z Wang, J Li, K Yu, Y He, X He, Y Liu… - European heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Previous studies found that frailty was an important risk factor
for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, previous studies only focused on baseline …

Assessment of the bidirectional causal association between frailty and depression: A Mendelian randomization study

J Zhu, D Zhou, Y Nie, J Wang, Y Yang… - Journal of cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Observational studies have demonstrated a strong bidirectional association
between frailty and depression, but it remains unclear whether this association reflects …

Assessment of bidirectional relationships between frailty and mental disorders: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

T Ma, M Chen, X Cheng, Y Bai - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Although observational studies have reported the association between frailty and
mental disorders, the causality remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the bidirectional …

The brain structure, inflammatory, and genetic mechanisms mediate the association between physical frailty and depression

R Jiang, S Noble, M Rosenblatt, W Dai, J Ye… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated strong associations between physical frailty and
depression. However, the evidence from prospective studies is limited. Here, we analyze …

Causal association of rheumatoid arthritis with frailty and the mediation role of inflammatory cytokines: A Mendelian randomization study

L Wen, J Fan, X Shi, H Zhou, Y Yang, X Jia - Archives of Gerontology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Previous observational studies have suggested the association between
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and frailty. However, it remains obscure whether this association is …

Identifying modifiable factors and their joint effect on frailty: a large population-based prospective cohort study

LZ Ma, YJ Ge, Y Zhang, XH Cui, JF Feng, W Cheng… - Geroscience, 2024 - Springer
A thorough understanding and identification of potential determinants leading to frailty are
imperative for the development of targeted interventions aimed at its prevention or …

Topic modeling identifies novel genetic loci associated with multimorbidities in UK Biobank

Y Zhang, X Jiang, AJ Mentzer, G McVean, G Lunter - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Many diseases show patterns of co-occurrence, possibly driven by systemic dysregulation of
underlying processes affecting multiple traits. We have developed a method (treeLFA) for …

Association of remnant cholesterol with frailty: findings from observational and Mendelian randomization analyses

Y Hu, X Wang, L Lin, J Huan, Y Li, L Zhang… - Lipids in Health and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Recent insights suggest that remnant cholesterol (RC) plays a role in cellular
senescence, yet its specific contribution to frailty remains indeterminate. Through the …