Turning back the clock

Sci Transl Med. 2017 May 17;9(390):eaan4290. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4290.

Abstract

Increased DNA breaks in aging skeletal muscle activate the DNA-PK pathway, whereas blocking this pathway improves mitochondrial density, physical fitness, body weight, and insulin resistance in mice.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Weight / physiology
  • Humans
  • Insulin Resistance / physiology
  • Mitochondria, Muscle / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*