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Review of Mechanisms that Slow Aging from Calorie Restriction

06-Jan-2015

Key points from article :

CR changes near everything in the operation of metabolism and slows near every measure of aging making it difficult to figure out chains of cause and effect.

Does not repair of damage.

Review of recent studies includes:

Mitochondrial activity and ROS production are modulated by CR

Importance of membrane lipid composition on the CR effect

Antioxidant activities in ageing and CR

AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK)

Sirtuins

… and many more.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Calorie Restriction, Mitochondria