Animal models of sarcopenia

CJ Christian, GM Benian - Aging Cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcopenia is the age‐related decline in muscle mass and function without any underlying
disease. The exact molecular mechanisms responsible for this pathology remain unknown …

Exercise and mitochondrial dynamics: kee** in shape with ROS and AMPK

AJ Trewin, BJ Berry, AP Wojtovich - Antioxidants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Exercise is a robust stimulus for mitochondrial adaptations in skeletal muscle which
consequently plays a central role in enhancing metabolic health. Despite this, the precise …

Exercise preserves physical fitness during aging through AMPK and mitochondrial dynamics

JC Campos, LH Marchesi Bozi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Exercise is a nonpharmacological intervention that improves health during aging and a
valuable tool in the diagnostics of aging-related diseases. In muscle, exercise transiently …

TOR‐mediated regulation of metabolism in aging

H Antikainen, M Driscoll, G Haspel, R Dobrowolski - Aging cell, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular metabolism is regulated by the mTOR kinase, a key component of the molecular
nutrient sensor pathway that plays a central role in cellular survival and aging. The mTOR …

Modeling Alzheimer's Disease in Caenorhabditis elegans

J Alvarez, P Alvarez-Illera, J Santo-Domingo… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia. After decades of research,
we know the importance of the accumulation of protein aggregates such as β-amyloid …

Single swim sessions in C. elegans induce key features of mammalian exercise

R Laranjeiro, G Harinath, D Burke, BP Braeckman… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Exercise exerts remarkably powerful effects on metabolism and health, with anti-
disease and anti-aging outcomes. Pharmacological manipulation of exercise benefit circuits …

Swim exercise in Caenorhabditis elegans extends neuromuscular and gut healthspan, enhances learning ability, and protects against neurodegeneration

R Laranjeiro, G Harinath, JE Hewitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regular physical exercise is the most efficient and accessible intervention known to promote
healthy aging in humans. The molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate system-wide …

Microfluidic systems for high-throughput and high-content screening using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

M Cornaglia, T Lehnert, MAM Gijs - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In a typical high-throughput drug screening (HTS) process, up to millions of chemical
compounds are applied to cells cultured in well plates, aiming to find molecules that exhibit …

NemaLife chip: a micropillar-based microfluidic culture device optimized for aging studies in crawling C. elegans

M Rahman, H Edwards, N Birze, R Gabrilska… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In this study, we report a microfluidic device for the whole-life culture of the nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans that allows the scoring of animal survival and health measures. This …

Microfluidic Approaches for Manipulating, Imaging, and Screening C. elegans

BP Gupta, P Rezai - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
The nematode C. elegans (worm) is a small invertebrate animal widely used in studies
related to fundamental biological processes, disease modelling, and drug discovery. Due to …