[PDF][PDF] Benefits of metformin in attenuating the hallmarks of aging

AS Kulkarni, S Gubbi, N Barzilai - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Biological aging involves an interplay of conserved and targetable molecular mechanisms,
summarized as the hallmarks of aging. Metformin, a biguanide that combats age-related …

[HTML][HTML] The continuum of aging and age-related diseases: common mechanisms but different rates

C Franceschi, P Garagnani, C Morsiani, M Conte… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Geroscience, the new interdisciplinary field that aims to understand the relationship between
aging and chronic age-related diseases (ARDs) and geriatric syndromes (GSs), is based on …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation: Intertwined roads to neurodegeneration

A Picca, R Calvani, HJ Coelho-Junior, F Landi… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress develops as a response to injury and reflects a breach in the cell's
antioxidant capacity. Therefore, the fine-tuning of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation …

Down syndrome

SE Antonarakis, BG Skotko, MS Rafii… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Trisomy 21, the presence of a supernumerary chromosome 21, results in a collection of
clinical features commonly known as Down syndrome (DS). DS is among the most …

PPARγ/PGC1α signaling as a potential therapeutic target for mitochondrial biogenesis in neurodegenerative disorders

S Jamwal, JK Blackburn, JD Elsworth - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases represent some of the most devastating neurological
disorders, characterized by progressive loss of the structure and function of neurons. Current …

Recent advances in molecular pathways and therapeutic implications targeting mitochondrial dysfunction for Alzheimer's disease

R Dhapola, P Sarma, B Medhi, A Prakash… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder which leads to mental
deterioration due to aberrant accretion of misfolded proteins in the brain. According to …

Loss of metabolic plasticity underlies metformin toxicity in aged Caenorhabditis elegans

L Espada, A Dakhovnik, P Chaudhari… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Current clinical trials are testing the life-extending benefits of the diabetes drug metformin in
healthy individuals without diabetes. However, the metabolic response of a non-diabetic …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction in down syndrome: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

A Izzo, N Mollo, M Nitti, S Paladino, G Calì… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Trisomy of chromosome 21 (TS21) is the most common autosomal aneuploidy
compatible with postnatal survival with a prevalence of 1 in 700 newborns. Its phenotype is …

Metformin Alters Human Host Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthy Subjects

E Lachmandas, C Eckold, J Böhme… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Metformin, the most widely administered diabetes drug, has been proposed as
a candidate adjunctive host-directed therapy for tuberculosis, but little is known about its …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic proteome and proteostasis profiling in human Trisomy 21 fibroblast cells

Y Liu, C Borel, L Li, T Müller, EG Williams… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Down syndrome (DS) is mostly caused by a trisomy of the entire Chromosome 21 (Trisomy
21, T21). Here, we use SWATH mass spectrometry to quantify protein abundance and …