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ReviewExperimental gerontology2020

Nicotinamide riboside-A missing piece in the puzzle of exercise therapy for older adults?

Carlo Custodero, Sunil K Saini, Myung J Shin, Yun K Jeon, Demetra D Christou, Mary M McDermott, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Stephen D Anton, Robert T Mankowski

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Review in Experimental gerontology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Protein Acetylation and NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging Muscle.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  5. Nicotinamide Riboside, a Promising Vitamin BMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Carlo CustoderoDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.; Dipartimento Interdisciplinare di Medicina, Clinica Medica Cesare Frugoni, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Sunil K SainiDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Myung J ShinDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Yun K JeonDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Demetra D ChristouDepartment of Applied Physiology in Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Mary M McDermottDepartment of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Christiaan LeeuwenburghDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Stephen D AntonDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Robert T MankowskiDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.. Electronic address: r.mankowski@ufl.edu.
University of Florida · USPusan National University Hospital · KRNorthwestern University · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Stephen D Anton · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
Nicotinamide riboside as an Enhancer of Exercise Therapy in hypertensive older adults: The NEET TrialR21AG064282 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MANKOWSKI, ROBERT T · 2019 to 2020
$430k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS R21 AG064282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maintaining physical mobility is important for preventing age-related comorbidities in older adults. Endurance and resistance training prevent mobility loss in aging, but exercise alone does not always achieve the expected improvements in physical and cardiopulmonary function. Recent preclinical evidence suggests that a reason for the variability in exercise training responses may be the age-related dysregulation of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) metabolome. NAD+ is an essential enzymatic cofactor in energetic and signaling pathways. Endogenous NAD+ pool is lower in several chronic and degenerative diseases (e.g., cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, muscular dystrophies), and also in aging. Exercise requires a higher energy expenditure than a resting state, thus a state of NAD+ insufficiency with reduced energy metabolism, could result in an inadequate exercise response. Recently, the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR), a vitamin B3 derivate, showed an ability to improve NAD+ metabolome homeostasis, restoring energy metabolism and cellular function in various organs in animals. NR has also been tested in older humans and is considered safe, but the effects of NR supplementation alone on physical performance are unclear. The purpose of this review is to examine the preclinical and clinical evidence on the effect of NR supplementation strategies alone and in combination with physical activity on mobility and skeletal muscle and cardiovascular function.

Indexed as

NADNiacinamideAgedAnimalsExercise TherapyHumansMuscle, SkeletalPyridinium CompoundsNADNiacinamidenicotinamide-beta-ribosidePyridinium CompoundsCardiovascular functionExercise trainingNAD+ metabolomeNicotinamide ribosideOlder adultsSkeletal muscle

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PMID32450270
PMCPMC8204261
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