The intestinal barrier protects the host against gut microbes, food antigens, and toxins
present in the gastrointestinal tract. However, gut barrier integrity can be affected by intrinsic …

Stress is a central concept in biology and has now been widely used in psychological,
physiological, social, and even environmental fields. However, the concept of stress was …

Adipocytes undergo intense energetic stress in obesity resulting in loss of mitochondrial
mass and function. We have found that adipocytes respond to mitochondrial stress by …

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 …

Insects in agroecosystems contend with many stressors–eg, chemicals, heat, nutrient
deprivation–that are often encountered at low levels. Exposure to mild stress is now well …

Nanotechnology has provided advancement opportunities in different fields of sciences
related to plants such as agriculture. Plants are one of the most critical components of the …

A generalized mechanism for hormetic dose responses is proposed that is based on the
redox-activated transcription factor (TF), Nrf2, and its upregulation of an integrative system of …

Hormesis is a favorable response to low level exposures to substance or to adverse
conditions. This phenomenon has become a target to achieve greater crop productivity. This …

Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, previously known as low-level laser therapy, was
discovered more than 50 years ago, yet there is still no agreement on the parameters and …

Aging is characterized by a morpho-functional adaptation, variably affecting major
physiological systems, depending on a complex interaction between genetic, environmental …