To promote healthy aging, focus on the environment

DW Belsky, AA Baccarelli - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
To build health equity for an aging world marked by dramatic disparities in healthy lifespan
between countries, regions and population groups, research at the intersections of biology …

Examining the Interaction between Exercise, Gut Microbiota, and neurodegeneration: future research directions

D Rojas-Valverde, DA Bonilla, LM Gómez-Miranda… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Physical activity has been demonstrated to have a significant impact on gut microbial
diversity and function. Emerging research has revealed certain aspects of the complex …

OxPhos defects cause hypermetabolism and reduce lifespan in cells and in patients with mitochondrial diseases

G Sturm, KR Karan, AS Monzel, B Santhanam… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Patients with primary mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) defects present with
fatigue and multi-system disorders, are often lean, and die prematurely, but the mechanistic …

How can early life adversity still exert an effect decades later? A question of timing, tissues and mechanisms

A Mposhi, JD Turner - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to any number of stressors during the first 1000 days from conception to age 2
years is important in shaping an individual's life trajectory of health and disease. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular allostatic load is linked to increased energy expenditure and accelerated biological aging

N Bobba-Alves, G Sturm, J Lin, SA Ware… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stress triggers anticipatory physiological responses that promote survival, a phenomenon
termed allostasis. However, the chronic activation of energy-dependent allostatic responses …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of survey demographic questions to foster inclusion in medicine and research and reduce health inequities for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals

JD Moreira, K Haack, V White… - American Journal …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
A clear, inclusive, and accurate approach to the collection of demographic information in
clinical research and medical practice is critical to understanding the healthcare needs of …

Mitochondrial health index correlates with plasma circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA in bipolar disorder

RC Cordeiro, CNC Lima, GR Fries… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Although mitochondrial dysfunction is known to play an essential role in the pathophysiology
of bipolar disorder (BD), there is a glaring gap in our understanding of how mitochondrial …

Deep rest: An integrative model of how contemplative practices combat stress and enhance the body's restorative capacity.

AD Crosswell, SE Mayer, LN Whitehurst… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Engaging in contemplative practice like meditation, yoga, and prayer, is beneficial for
psychological and physical well-being. Recent research has identified several underlying …

Transcriptomic analysis reveals mitochondrial pathways associated with distinct adolescent behavioral phenotypes and stress response

T Santos-Silva, D Hazar Ülgen, CFB Lopes… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Adolescent individuals exhibit great variability in cortical dynamics and behavioral
outcomes. The developing adolescent brain is highly sensitive to social experiences and …

Hypermetabolism and energetic constraints in mitochondrial disorders

AJ Sercel, G Sturm, D Gallagher, MP St-Onge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The prevailing notion that mitochondrial diseases arise from ATP deficiency is challenged by
recent evidence that oxidative phosphorylation defects trigger maladaptive stress responses …