The ups and downs of caloric restriction and fasting: from molecular effects to clinical application

SJ Hofer, D Carmona‐Gutierrez, MI Mueller… - EMBO Molecular …, 2022 - embopress.org
Age‐associated diseases are rising to pandemic proportions, exposing the need for efficient
and low‐cost methods to tackle these maladies at symptomatic, behavioral, metabolic, and …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-dimensional roles of ketone bodies in fuel metabolism, signaling, and therapeutics

P Puchalska, PA Crawford - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Ketone body metabolism is a central node in physiological homeostasis. In this review, we
discuss how ketones serve discrete fine-tuning metabolic roles that optimize organ and …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Trends and advances toward biotechnological applications

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, R Shanmugam, JK Lee - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastics are an integral part of most of the daily requirements. Indiscriminate usage and
disposal have led to the accumulation of massive quantities of waste. Their non …

[HTML][HTML] Prominent action of butyrate over β-hydroxybutyrate as histone deacetylase inhibitor, transcriptional modulator and anti-inflammatory molecule

S Chriett, A Dąbek, M Wojtala, H Vidal, A Balcerczyk… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Butyrate and R-β-hydroxybutyrate are two related short chain fatty acids naturally found in
mammals. Butyrate, produced by enteric butyric bacteria, is present at millimolar …

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): efficient replacement of synthetic polymers

F Muneer, I Rasul, F Azeem, MH Siddique… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2020 - Springer
Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters produced by microorganisms as
intracellular granules under nutrient stress. Due to non-toxic and biodegradable behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of ketogenic diet on neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Z Jiang, X Yin, M Wang, T Chen, Y Wang, Z Gao… - Aging and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The ketogenic diet (KD) is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat and adequate-protein diet. As a diet
mimicking fasting, it triggers the production of ketone bodies (KBs) and brings the body into …

β-Hydroxybutyrate in the brain: one molecule, multiple mechanisms

LB Achanta, CD Rae - Neurochemical research, 2017 - Springer
Abstract β-Hydroxybutyrate (βOHB), a ketone body, is oxidised as a brain fuel. Although its
contribution to energy metabolism in the healthy brain is minimal, it is an interesting …

Ketone bodies mimic the life span extending properties of caloric restriction

RL Veech, PC Bradshaw, K Clarke, W Curtis… - IUBMB …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The extension of life span by caloric restriction has been studied across species from yeast
and Caenorhabditis elegans to primates. No generally accepted theory has been proposed …

Autophagy stimulation and intracellular sodium reduction as mediators of the cardioprotective effect of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors

M Packer - European journal of heart failure, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In five large‐scale trials involving> 40 000 patients, sodium–glucose cotransporter 2
(SGLT2) inhibitors decreased the risk of serious heart failure events by 25–40%. This effect …

Cardiac-specific Bdh1 overexpression ameliorates oxidative stress and cardiac remodeling in pressure overload–induced heart failure

M Uchihashi, A Hoshino, Y Okawa… - Circulation: Heart …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Energy starvation and the shift of energy substrate from fatty acids to glucose is
the hallmark of metabolic remodeling during heart failure progression. However, ketone …