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ReviewBiology2019

Mitochondria and Aging-The Role of Exercise as a Countermeasure.

Mats I Nilsson, Mark A Tarnopolsky

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Review in Biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Lifelong Exercise as a Modulator of CD4European journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  5. Links Between Autophagy and Healthy Aging.Journal of molecular biology · 2026
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  8. Exercise attenuates the hallmarks of aging: Novel perspectives.Journal of sport and health science · 2025
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  10. Skin Elasticity of the Face: Demographic and Lifestyle Intricacies.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2025
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  20. Mitochondria transcription and cancer.Cell death discovery · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Mats I NilssonDepartment of Pediatrics and Medicine, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. mats.nilsson@exerkine.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5656-5578
Mark A TarnopolskyDepartment of Pediatrics and Medicine, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. tarnopol@mcmaster.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0312-3746
McMaster University Medical Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria orchestrate the life and death of most eukaryotic cells by virtue of their ability to supply adenosine triphosphate from aerobic respiration for growth, development, and maintenance of the 'physiologic reserve'. Although their double-membrane structure and primary role as 'powerhouses of the cell' have essentially remained the same for ~2 billion years, they have evolved to regulate other cell functions that contribute to the aging process, such as reactive oxygen species generation, inflammation, senescence, and apoptosis. Biological aging is characterized by buildup of intracellular debris (e.g., oxidative damage, protein aggregates, and lipofuscin), which fuels a 'vicious cycle' of cell/DNA danger response activation (CDR and DDR, respectively), chronic inflammation ('inflammaging'), and progressive cell deterioration. Therapeutic options that coordinately mitigate age-related declines in mitochondria and organelles involved in quality control, repair, and recycling are therefore highly desirable. Rejuvenation by exercise is a non-pharmacological approach that targets all the major hallmarks of aging and extends both health- and lifespan in modern humans.

Indexed as

aerobicagingautophagyexerciseinflammationlysosomemitochondriamitophagyROSsenescence

Identifiers

PMID31083586
PMCPMC6627948
OpenAlexW2944627187

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Registered trials

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