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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018

Beneficial Effects of Elderly Tailored Mediterranean Diet on the Proteasomal Proteolysis.

Sophia Athanasopoulou, Niki Chondrogianni, Aurelia Santoro, Konstantina Asimaki, Vasiliki Delitsikou, Konstantinos Voutetakis, Cristina Fabbri, Barbara Pietruszka, Joanna Kaluza, Claudio Franceschi and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05202652 (A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Prospective Trial for the Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-aging and Wellbeing Effects of a Novel Nutraceutical Formulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05202652 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Prospective Trial for the Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-aging and Wellbeing Effects of a Novel Nutraceutical Formulation (HealthSpan)

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Hellenic Research FoundationRan2019 to 2021Enrolled122ConditionsAging, Well Aging, Oxidative StressArmsHealthSpan, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sophia AthanasopoulouInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Niki ChondrogianniInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Aurelia SantoroDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Konstantina AsimakiInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki DelitsikouInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos VoutetakisInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Cristina FabbriDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Barbara PietruszkaDepartment of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
Joanna KaluzaDepartment of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
Claudio FranceschiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Efstathios S GonosInstitute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
National Hellenic Research Foundation · GRUniversity of Bologna · ITWarsaw University of Life Sciences · PLIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a multifactorial process characterized by the accumulation of proteins undergoing oxidative modifications, either due to enhanced levels of oxidative stress or due to their decreased clearance; both facts are related to the establishment of chronic inflammatory processes. These processes are directly associated with functional and structural modifications of a key cellular component, namely the proteasome. In this study, levels of oxidized proteins, along with proteasome and immunoproteasome composition and activity on a selected group of 120 elderly volunteers were analyzed before and after the administration of a specific dietary protocol, based on an elderly tailored Mediterranean diet (the "NU-AGE diet"). A significant negative correlation between levels of oxidized/carbonylated proteins and proteasome function was confirmed, both before and after intervention. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that subgroups of non-frail subjects and women receive a greater benefit after the intervention, concerning specifically the proteasome content and activity. These data highlight the putative beneficial effects of Mediterranean diet on the major cellular proteolytic mechanism, the proteasome, in elderly people.

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aginganti-oxidantsfrailtyinflammationnutritionproteasomeproteolysis

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PMID29765333
PMCPMC5938393
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