Animal models of sarcopenia

CJ Christian, GM Benian - Aging Cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcopenia is the age‐related decline in muscle mass and function without any underlying
disease. The exact molecular mechanisms responsible for this pathology remain unknown …

Longevity interventions modulate mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis in C. elegans

AC Teuscher, C Statzer, A Goyala, SA Domenig… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dysfunctional extracellular matrices (ECM) contribute to aging and disease. Repairing
dysfunctional ECM could potentially prevent age-related pathologies. Interventions …

Mechanisms of lineage specification in Caenorhabditis elegans

J Liu, JI Murray - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The studies of cell fate and lineage specification are fundamental to our understanding of
the development of multicellular organisms. Caenorhabditis elegans has been one of the …

H3K9me selectively blocks transcription factor activity and ensures differentiated tissue integrity

SP Methot, J Padeken, G Brancati, P Zeller… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The developmental role of histone H3K9 methylation (H3K9me), which typifies
heterochromatin, remains unclear. In Caenorhabditis elegans, loss of H3K9me leads to a …

DNAJB6 mutants display toxic gain of function through unregulated interaction with Hsp70 chaperones

M Abayev-Avraham, Y Salzberg, D Gliksberg… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular chaperones are essential cellular components that aid in protein folding and
preventing the abnormal aggregation of disease-associated proteins. Mutations in one such …

A 4D single-cell protein atlas of transcription factors delineates spatiotemporal patterning during embryogenesis

X Ma, Z Zhao, L Xiao, W Xu, Y Kou, Y Zhang, G Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Complex biological processes such as embryogenesis require precise coordination of cell
differentiation programs across both space and time. Using protein-fusion fluorescent …

Single swim sessions in C. elegans induce key features of mammalian exercise

R Laranjeiro, G Harinath, D Burke, BP Braeckman… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Exercise exerts remarkably powerful effects on metabolism and health, with anti-
disease and anti-aging outcomes. Pharmacological manipulation of exercise benefit circuits …

Mitochondrial hydrogen sulfide supplementation improves health in the C. elegans Duchenne muscular dystrophy model

RA Ellwood, JE Hewitt, R Torregrossa… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by
progressive muscle degeneration and weakness due to mutations in the dystrophin gene …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxiredoxin 2 is required for the redox mediated adaptation to exercise

Q Xia, JC Casas-Martinez, E Zarzuela, J Muñoz… - Redox biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Exercise generates a site-specific increase in Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) within
muscle that promotes changes in gene transcription and mitochondrial biogenesis, required …

[HTML][HTML] Novel antioxidant peptides from Yak bones collagen enhanced the capacities of antiaging and antioxidant in Caenorhabditis elegans

Y Wang, Y Sun, X Wang, Y Wang, L Liao… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Two novel collagen peptides derived from Yak bones, UU1 (GASGPMGPR) and K7
(GLPGPM) were demonstrated to be antioxidative in vitro and in Caenorhabditis elegans. In …