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The role of low-grade inflammation and metabolic flexibility in aging and nutritional modulation thereof: a systems biology approach

D.I. Viegas Calcada, D. Vianello, E. Giampieri, C. Sala, G. Castellani, A. de Graaf, B. Kremer, B. van Ommen, E.J.M. Feskens, A. Santoro, C. Franceschi, J. Bouwman

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Abstract

Aging is a biological process characterized by the progressive functional decline of many interrelated physiological systems. In particular, aging is associated with the development of a systemic state of low-grade chronic inflammation (inflammaging), and with progressive deterioration of metabolic function. Systems biology has helped in identifying the mediators and pathways involved in these phenomena, mainly through the application of high-throughput screening methods, valued for their molecular comprehensiveness. Nevertheless, inflammation and metabolic regulation are dynamical processes whose behavior must be understood at multiple levels of biological organization (molecular, cellular, organ, and system levels) and on multiple time scales. Mathematical modeling of such behavior, with incorporation of mechanistic knowledge on interactions between inflammatory and metabolic mediators, may help in devising nutritional interventions capable of preventing, or ameliorating, the age-associated functional decline of the corresponding systems
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)138-147
Number of pages10
JournalMechanisms of Ageing and Development
Volume136-137
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • nf-kappa-b
  • microarray experiment miame
  • minimum information
  • innate immunity
  • quantitative-analysis
  • interaction networks
  • insulin-resistance
  • cell biology
  • data sets
  • t-cells

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