Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies

S Hägg, J Jylhävä - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by hallmark features accumulating over
the life course, shaping the individual's aging trajectory and subsequent disease risks. There …

Healthful aging mediated by inhibition of oxidative stress

SF Vatner, J Zhang, M Oydanich, T Berkman… - Ageing Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The progressive increase in lifespan over the past century carries with it some adversity
related to the accompanying burden of debilitating diseases prevalent in the older …

Circadian alignment of early onset caloric restriction promotes longevity in male C57BL/6J mice

V Acosta-Rodríguez, F Rijo-Ferreira, M Izumo, P Xu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Caloric restriction (CR) prolongs life span, yet the mechanisms by which it does so remain
poorly understood. Under CR, mice self-impose chronic cycles of 2-hour feeding and 22 …

Genome-wide RNA polymerase stalling shapes the transcriptome during aging

A Gyenis, J Chang, JJPG Demmers, ST Bruens… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gene expression profiling has identified numerous processes altered in aging, but how
these changes arise is largely unknown. Here we combined nascent RNA sequencing and …

Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

T Eisenberg, M Abdellatif, S Schroeder, U Primessnig… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Aging is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Here we
show that oral supplementation of the natural polyamine spermidine extends the lifespan of …

[HTML][HTML] A ketogenic diet extends longevity and healthspan in adult mice

MN Roberts, MA Wallace, AA Tomilov, Z Zhou… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Calorie restriction, without malnutrition, has been shown to increase lifespan and is
associated with a shift away from glycolysis toward beta-oxidation. The objective of this …

Functional aging in male C57BL/6J mice across the life-span: a systematic behavioral analysis of motor, emotional, and memory function to define an aging phenotype

S Yanai, S Endo - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aging is characterized generally by progressive and overall physiological decline of
functions and is observed in all animals. A long line of evidence has established the …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic oral application of a periodontal pathogen results in brain inflammation, neurodegeneration and amyloid beta production in wild type mice

V Ilievski, PK Zuchowska, SJ Green, PT Toth… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The results from cross sectional and longitudinal studies show that periodontitis
is closely associated with cognitive impairment (CI) and Alzhemer's Disease (AD). Further …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting health and longevity through diet: from model organisms to humans

L Fontana, L Partridge - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Reduced food intake, avoiding malnutrition, can ameliorate aging and aging-associated
diseases in invertebrate model organisms, rodents, primates, and humans. Recent findings …

Effects of sex, strain, and energy intake on hallmarks of aging in mice

SJ Mitchell, J Madrigal-Matute, M Scheibye-Knudsen… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Calorie restriction (CR) is the most robust non-genetic intervention to delay aging. However,
there are a number of emerging experimental variables that alter CR responses. We …