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Keyword: dietary restriction Clear all

2 claims from 2 papers

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

    Rapamycin‐mediated lifespan increase in mice is dose and sex dependent and metabolically distinct from dietary restriction

    Miller, Harrison, Astle et al. · Aging Cell · 2013

    Rapamycin raised median lifespan in genetically varied mice at a higher dose, and its effects on metabolism and liver gene activity differed from those of dietary restriction.

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    1. Supported · 71%In genetically varied mice, rapamycin extended lifespan more in females than in males at every dose tested, possibly because of sex differences in blood levels.“Rapamycin increased lifespan more in females than in males at each dose evaluated, perhaps reflecting sexual dimorphism in blood levels of this drug.”
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

    Genetic variation in the murine lifespan response to dietary restriction: from life extension to life shortening

    Liao, Rikke, Johnson, Diaz and Nelson · Aging Cell · 2009

    Researchers tested 40% dietary restriction in 41 recombinant inbred mouse strains and found lifespan responses ranging from extension to shortening, with strain-specific lifespans under restriction and free feeding not correlated.

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    1. Supported · 71%In a panel of 41 inbred mouse strains, a 40% cut in food shortened lifespan in more strains than it lengthened it.“Notably, DR shortened lifespan in more strains than those in which it lengthened life.”

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