Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease an accelerated aging disease?

W MacNee - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Aging is one of the most important risk factors for most chronic diseases. The worldwide
increase in life expectancy has been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of age …

Anti-aging pharmacology: promises and pitfalls

AM Vaiserman, V Lushchak, AK Koliada - Ageing research reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Life expectancy has grown dramatically in modern times. This increase, however, is not
accompanied by the same increase in healthspan. Efforts to extend healthspan through …

Physiological underpinnings in life-history trade-offs in man's most popular selection experiment: the dog

AG Jimenez - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2016 - Springer
Animal life-history traits fall within a limited ecological space, a continuum referred to as a
“slow-fast” life-history axis. Differences of life-history traits are thought to result from trade …

Current versus future reproduction and longevity: a re-evaluation of predictions and mechanisms

Y Zhang, WR Hood - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Oxidative damage is predicted to be a mediator of trade-offs between current reproduction
and future reproduction or survival, but most studies fail to support such predictions. We …

Oral administration of d-galactose induces cognitive impairments and oxidative damage in rats

J Budni, R Pacheco, S da Silva, ML Garcez… - Behavioural brain …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract d-Galactose (d-gal) is a reducing sugar that can be used to mimic the
characteristics of aging in rodents; however, the effects of d-gal administration by oral route …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of rhein lysinate on D-galactose-induced aging mice

YZ Zhen, YJ Lin, KJ Li, GL Zhang… - Experimental and …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
The aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-aging effects of rhein lysinate (RHL),
and to explore its mechanism of action in a D‑galactose‑induced aging mouse model. Aging …

Zeaxanthin‐based dietary supplement and topical serum improve hydration and reduce wrinkle count in female subjects

S Schwartz, E Frank, D Gierhart… - Journal of cosmetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Dietary modification, through supplementation and elimination diets, has
become an area of interest to help slow skin aging, reduce symptom severity or prevent …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal

EIK Vitikainen, MA Cant, JL Sanderson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Oxidative damage has been proposed as a potential mechanism underlying a life history
tradeoff between survival and reproduction. However, evidence that reproduction is …

Switching on a transient endogenous ROS production in mammalian cells and tissues

E Carrasco, A Blázquez-Castro, MI Calvo, Á Juarranz… - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in the physiological roles of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as
essential components of molecular mechanisms regulating key cellular processes, including …

The oxidative debt of fasting: evidence for short-to medium-term costs of advanced fasting in adult king penguins

Q Schull, VA Viblanc, A Stier… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
In response to prolonged periods of fasting, animals have evolved metabolic adaptations
helping to mobilize body reserves and/or reduce metabolic rate to ensure a longer usage of …