Physical Activity and Nutrition: Two Promising Strategies for Telomere Maintenance?
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Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Pierre de Coubertin 1 L8.10.01, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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De Duve Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Nutrients 2018, 10(12), 1942; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nu10121942
Received: 14 November 2018 / Revised: 3 December 2018 / Accepted: 5 December 2018 / Published: 7 December 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity for Lifelong Health)
As the world demographic structure is getting older, highlighting strategies to counteract age-related diseases is a major public health concern. Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures that serve as guardians of genome stability by ensuring protection against both cell death and senescence. A hallmark of biological aging, telomere health is determined throughout the lifespan by a combination of both genetic and non-genetic influences. This review summarizes data from recently published studies looking at the effect of lifestyle variables such as nutrition and physical activity on telomere dynamics.
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Keywords:
aging; exercise; diet; telomerase; TERRA; telomere length; senescence
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Balan, E.; Decottignies, A.; Deldicque, L. Physical Activity and Nutrition: Two Promising Strategies for Telomere Maintenance? Nutrients 2018, 10, 1942. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nu10121942
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Balan E, Decottignies A, Deldicque L. Physical Activity and Nutrition: Two Promising Strategies for Telomere Maintenance? Nutrients. 2018; 10(12):1942. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nu10121942
Chicago/Turabian StyleBalan, Estelle; Decottignies, Anabelle; Deldicque, Louise. 2018. "Physical Activity and Nutrition: Two Promising Strategies for Telomere Maintenance?" Nutrients 10, no. 12: 1942. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nu10121942
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