Sentences with phrase «such as autophagy»

We are having a discussion about fasting and the practice that he is referring to does not fit the definition of fasting in the above article, especially for the main benefits talked such as autophagy and growth hormones.

Moreover, large - scale screens in the C. elegans DMD model allowed identifying genetic and pharmacologic suppressors of dystrophin - dependent muscle degeneration; some of them positively impact mitochondrial functions or structure under stress conditions, or are involved in signaling pathways linked to mitochondria, and others are associated to proteostasis pathways such as autophagy, proteasome and Unfolded Protein Response (UPR).

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In addition to being a powerful antioxidant, catechins help to regulate several processes in the cell such as methylation and autophagy.

«What's more, the cancer - related proteins were using first neighbours to interact with the pathways controlling important processes for carcinogenesis, such as angiogenesis, autophagy and DNA repair.

«The mutants lacking enzymes required for the reuse of BCAAs as an energy source also showed the reduced tolerance to hunger stress — we expect that autophagy and BCAA reuse pathways cooperate in plants to overcome such stress,» explained Izumi.

In recent years, defective autophagy has been linked to age - related diseases such as cancer, neurodegeneration and heart disease.

Autophagy is the «self - eating» process of consuming the portion of intracellular proteins in the cells of eukaryotes such as yeast, humans and plants.

Autophagy is the «self - eating» process of consuming unwanted elements in the cells of eukaryotes such as yeast, humans and plants.

«His discoveries opened the path to understanding the fundamental importance of autophagy in many physiological processes, such as in the adaptation to starvation or response to infection.

In addition to recycling components of the cell to provide nutrients during starvation and acting as quality control for the organelles and proteins inside cells, autophagy helps eliminate pathogens such as viruses, parasites, and bacteria that get inside the cell.

In addition to interleukin - 1 beta, leaderless proteins such as ferritin, whose secretory system has not been identified, are also found to be secreted based on the same autophagy machinery.

These findings may also have broader implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease where autophagy is implicated.

«There are many neuronal diseases associated with dysfunctional autophagy such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease.

Tamás plans to use ARN to identify major autophagy regulators targeted by intestinal pathogens, such as Salmonella, and to identify the systems - level change of cells in Crohn's disease.

Many methods of extending life in laboratory species are associated with increased autophagy, and in some cases - such as calorie restriction - that autophagy has been shown to be necessary for life extension.

Autophagy (more specifically macroautophagy) is the process by which cellular compartments, such as membranes and organelles and also protein aggregates, are recycled back into their building blocks [122].

During this webinar, we will also discuss the molecular events that regulate the biogenesis of autophagosomes in mammals, notably during early steps of autophagy, such as emergence of omegasomes and phagophores.

Many experts are of the view that autophagy may help prevent diseases such as cardiomyopathy, cancer, liver disease, diabetes, infections, and many other autoimmune diseases.

Studies have shown that autophagy may help remove infectious microbes such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and viruses such as HIV.

Since several longevity mutants (such as long - lived C. elegans or Drosophilia mutants19 20) manifest defects in a signaling mechanism that normally slows the rate of autophagic waste recycling, Dröge and other researchers have postulated that the aging - associated decline of mitochondrial autophagy or «mitophagy» may be the first most limiting mechanism that determines maximum life span in most animal species, including man.21 22

Autophagy has gained the attention of researchers who recognize its benefits for managing inflammation, slowing the effects of aging, and treating various chronic diseases, such as autoimmune disease and cancer — more on this later!

It seems likely that mimicking the innate methods of autophagy that we have been experiencing for millions of years, such as intermittent fasting, minimizing carbohydrates, periodic ketosis, acute stress, and acute intense exercise, are the forms that ride the fine line between too much and too little providing us with optimal health.