Sarcopenia and cardiovascular diseases

AA Damluji, M Alfaraidhy, N AlHajri, NN Rohant… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength, mass, and function, which is often exacerbated by
chronic comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metformin action

TE LaMoia, GI Shulman - Endocrine reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Metformin is a first-line therapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, due to its robust glucose-
lowering effects, well-established safety profile, and relatively low cost. While metformin has …

DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging

DW Belsky, A Caspi, DL Corcoran, K Sugden… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: Measures to quantify changes in the pace of biological aging in response to
intervention are needed to evaluate geroprotective interventions for humans. Previously, we …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial

R Waziry, CP Ryan, DL Corcoran, KM Huffman… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
The geroscience hypothesis proposes that therapy to slow or reverse molecular changes
that occur with aging can delay or prevent multiple chronic diseases and extend healthy …

Validation of biomarkers of aging

M Moqri, C Herzog, JR Poganik, K Ying, JN Justice… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The search for biomarkers that quantify biological aging (particularly 'omic'-based
biomarkers) has intensified in recent years. Such biomarkers could predict aging-related …

Biomarkers shared by frailty and sarcopenia in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Picca, HJ Coelho-Junior, R Calvani, E Marzetti… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Physical frailty and sarcopenia show extensive clinical similarities. Whether
biomarkers exist that are shared by the two conditions is presently unclear. Methods We …

From discoveries in ageing research to therapeutics for healthy ageing

J Campisi, P Kapahi, GJ Lithgow, S Melov, JC Newman… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
For several decades, understanding ageing and the processes that limit lifespan have
challenged biologists. Thirty years ago, the biology of ageing gained unprecedented …

Understanding the glucoregulatory mechanisms of metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

M Foretz, B Guigas, B Viollet - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Despite its position as the first-line drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, the
mechanisms underlying the plasma glucose level-lowering effects of metformin (1, 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm

DW Belsky, A Caspi, L Arseneault, A Baccarelli… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Biological aging is the gradual, progressive decline in system integrity that occurs with
advancing chronological age, causing morbidity and disability. Measurements of the pace of …

Alzheimer's disease drug development pipeline: 2021

J Cummings, G Lee, K Zhong… - … Research & Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The number of individuals worldwide with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is growing
at a rapid rate. New treatments are urgently needed. We review the current pipeline of drugs …