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ReviewCell2015

Promoting health and longevity through diet: from model organisms to humans.

Luigi Fontana, Linda Partridge

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
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Review in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 672 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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672citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
64.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02719899 completednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Fasting and Refeeding on T-Cell Fate

TypeobservationalSponsorNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Ran2016 to 2017Enrolled28ConditionsAsthma, Inflammation
NCT04469296 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Trial Studying the Feasibility of a Diet Modification in pAtients With Luminal Early Breast Cancer Candidate for Primary Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstitut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'AurelleRan2021 to 2026Enrolled75ConditionsBreast Cancer, SurgeryArmsiso-caloric ketogenic diet, protein restricted diet
NCT05807243 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Descriptive Study of Molecular Markers of Immunosenescence With Nutritional Intervention to Evaluate the Implementation of Digital Tools in the Capture of Nutritional Data

TypeinterventionalSponsorIMDEA FoodRan2022 to 2022Enrolled500ConditionsChronic DiseaseArmsDietary intervention for healthy weight loss
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

672 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,237 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Mating-dependent lifespan cost of sterol depletion in maleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Luigi FontanaDivision of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, Brescia University, 25123 Brescia, Italy; CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, 80145 Napoli, Italy. Electronic address: lfontana@dom.wustl.edu.
Linda PartridgeMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany; Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Environment, and Evolution, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: linda.partridge@age.mpg.de.
University College London · GBUniversity of Brescia · IT

Funding

Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (UL1)UL1RR024992 · NCRR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2007 to 2011
$45.4M
Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Dominic N Reeds · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024992NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341Wellcome Trust 098565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced food intake, avoiding malnutrition, can ameliorate aging and aging-associated diseases in invertebrate model organisms, rodents, primates, and humans. Recent findings indicate that meal timing is crucial, with both intermittent fasting and adjusted diurnal rhythm of feeding improving health and function, in the absence of changes in overall intake. Lowered intake of particular nutrients rather than of overall calories is also key, with protein and specific amino acids playing prominent roles. Nutritional modulation of the microbiome can also be important, and there are long-term, including inter-generational, effects of diet. The metabolic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that mediate both improvement in health during aging to diet and genetic variation in the response to diet are being identified. These new findings are opening the way to specific dietary and pharmacological interventions to recapture the full potential benefits of dietary restriction, which humans can find difficult to maintain voluntarily.

Indexed as

DietHealth PromotionLongevityAgingAnimalsCaloric RestrictionHumansModels, Animal

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PMID25815989
PMCPMC4547605
OpenAlexW2096935190

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.