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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2018

Sexual Dimorphism and Aging Differentially Regulate Adaptive Homeostasis.

Laura C D Pomatto, John Tower, Kelvin J A Davies

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura C D PomattoLeonard Davis School of Gerontology of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
John TowerLeonard Davis School of Gerontology of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
Kelvin J A DaviesLeonard Davis School of Gerontology of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

OXYGEN RADICAL TOXICITY AND RED CELL PROTEIN DEGRADATIONR01ES003598 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI DAVIES, KELVIN J. A. · 1988 to 2017
$5.7M
AGING-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION IN DROSOPHILAR01AG011833 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TOWER, JOHN GERARD · 1994 to 2013
$2.8M
Aging-specific gene expression in DrosophilaR56AG049629 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TOWER, JOHN GERARD · 2016 to 2016
$413k
Oxygen Radical Toxicity and Protein DegradationR56ES003598 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI DAVIES, KELVIN J. A. · 2012 to 2012
$138k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG011833NIA NIH HHS R56 AG049629NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES003598NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES003598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

External and internal stimuli cause modifications to gene and biochemical pathways. In turn, demonstrating that biological systems continuously make short-term adaptations both to set-points, and to the range of "normal" capacity, due to mild conditional changes, or to subtoxic, nondamaging levels of chemical agents. This is termed as "Adaptive Homeostasis," defined with the following: "The transient expansion or contraction of the homeostatic range in response to exposure to sub-toxic, nondamaging, signaling molecules or events, or the removal or cessation of such molecules or events." Research from several laboratories, including our own, found that adaptive homeostasis declines with age in organisms as diverse as worms, flies, and mammals, and decreases with senescence in mammalian cell cultures. We suggest that diminishing adaptive homeostasis may play a causal role as a factor responsible for the aging phenotype. Furthermore, although studies of humans, animals, and model organisms are often limited to a single sex, and cell culture studies may even be conducted with lines whose donor's sex was unknown, studies reveal distinct sexual dimorphism in adaptive homeostasis. Interestingly, although young males and females may exhibit dramatic differences in adaptive capacities and/or preferences, these distinctions are lost with age as adaptive homeostasis patterns converge.

Indexed as

Sex CharacteristicsAgingAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterFemaleHomeostasisHumansHydrogen PeroxideMaleOxidative StressSex Determination ProcessesStress, PhysiologicalHydrogen PeroxideAdaptive homeostasisheat shockNrf2-Keap1oxidative stresssexual dimorphism

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PMID28525535
PMCPMC5861879
OpenAlexW2615180166

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