Melatonin: an ancient molecule that makes oxygen metabolically tolerable

LC Manchester, A Coto‐Montes, JA Boga… - Journal of pineal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is remarkably functionally diverse with actions as a free radical scavenger and
antioxidant, circadian rhythm regulator, anti‐inflammatory and immunoregulating molecule …

Exercise attenuates the major hallmarks of aging

N Garatachea, H Pareja-Galeano… - Rejuvenation …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Regular exercise has multi-system anti-aging effects. Here we summarize how exercise
impacts the major hallmarks of aging. We propose that, besides searching for novel …

Analysis of mtDNA/nDNA ratio in mice

PM Quiros, A Goyal, P Jha… - Current protocols in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lacks the protection provided by the nucleosomes in the
nuclear DNA and does not have a DNA repair mechanism, making it highly susceptible to …

AP39, a novel mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulfide donor, stimulates cellular bioenergetics, exerts cytoprotective effects and protects against the loss of …

B Szczesny, K Módis, K Yanagi, C Coletta… - Nitric oxide, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of the recently synthesized
mitochondrially-targeted H 2 S donor, AP39 [(10-oxo-10-(4-(3-thioxo-3H-1, 2-dithiol-5yl) …

New Insights on NOX Enzymes in the Central Nervous System

Z Nayernia, V Jaquet, KH Krause - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: There is increasing evidence that the generation of reactive oxygen species
(ROS) in the central nervous system (CNS) involves the NOX family of nicotinamide adenine …

Melatonin and the theories of aging: a critical appraisal of melatonin's role in antiaging mechanisms

R Hardeland - Journal of pineal research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The classic theories of aging such as the free radical theory, including its mitochondria‐
related versions, have largely focused on a few specific processes of senescence …

Mechanisms linking mtDNA damage and aging

M Pinto, CT Moraes - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
In the past century, considerable efforts were made to understand the role of mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) mutations and of oxidative stress in aging. The classic mitochondrial free …

Application of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for aging frailty: from mechanisms to therapeutics

Y Zhu, J Ge, C Huang, H Liu, H Jiang - Theranostics, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging frailty is a complex geriatric syndrome that becomes more prevalent with advancing
age. It constitutes a major health problem due to frequent adverse outcomes. Frailty is …

Melatonin and brain inflammaging

R Hardeland, DP Cardinali, GM Brown… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Melatonin is known to possess several properties of value for healthy aging, as a direct and
indirect antioxidant, protectant and modulator of mitochondrial function, antiexcitotoxic …

Physical strategies to prevent disuse-induced functional decline in the elderly

PL Valenzuela, JS Morales, H Pareja-Galeano… - Ageing research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Disuse situations can have serious adverse health consequences in the elderly, including
mainly functional impairment with subsequent increase in the risk of falls or morbimortality …