SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system

JM Bartleson, D Radenkovic, AJ Covarrubias… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with
particular risk for severe disease and death in older adults and in adults with age-related …

Ageing as a risk factor for neurodegenerative disease

Y Hou, X Dan, M Babbar, Y Wei… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Ageing is the primary risk factor for most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer
disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). One in ten individuals aged≥ 65 years has AD …

NAD+ supplementation reduces neuroinflammation and cell senescence in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease via cGAS–STING

Y Hou, Y Wei, S Lautrup, B Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Impaired
neuronal bioenergetics and neuroinflammation are thought to play key roles in the …

[HTML][HTML] The NADPARK study: A randomized phase I trial of nicotinamide riboside supplementation in Parkinson's disease

B Brakedal, C Dölle, F Riemer, Y Ma, GS Nido… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
We conducted a double-blinded phase I clinical trial to establish whether nicotinamide
adenine dinucleotide (NAD) replenishment therapy, via oral intake of nicotinamide riboside …

Nicotinamide mononucleotide increases muscle insulin sensitivity in prediabetic women

M Yoshino, J Yoshino, BD Kayser, GJ Patti… - Science, 2021 - science.org
In rodents, obesity and aging impair nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
biosynthesis, which contributes to metabolic dysfunction. Nicotinamide mononucleotide …

Senescent cells promote tissue NAD+ decline during ageing via the activation of CD38+ macrophages

AJ Covarrubias, A Kale, R Perrone… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Declining tissue nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) levels are linked to ageing and its
associated diseases. However, the mechanism for this decline is unclear. Here, we show …

NAD+ homeostasis in health and disease

E Katsyuba, M Romani, D Hofer, J Auwerx - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
The conceptual evolution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) from being seen as
a simple metabolic cofactor to a pivotal cosubstrate for proteins regulating metabolism and …

A terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk

M Ferrell, Z Wang, JT Anderson, XS Li, M Witkowski… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Despite intensive preventive cardiovascular disease (CVD) efforts, substantial residual CVD
risk remains even for individuals receiving all guideline-recommended interventions. Niacin …

Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and metabolic alterations in the progression of Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis of in vivo …

T Song, X Song, C Zhu, R Patrick, M Skurla… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence demonstrates that metabolic changes in the brain associated with
neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction play an important role in …

The quest to slow ageing through drug discovery

L Partridge, M Fuentealba, BK Kennedy - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Although death is inevitable, individuals have long sought to alter the course of the ageing
process. Indeed, ageing has proved to be modifiable; by intervening in biological systems …