Denigma

Simvastin treatment

Species: Fruit fly (Taxid: 7227)
Factor:
Manipulation: Diet Intervention, Drug treatment
Effect:

Treatment with simvastin significantly increases the mean and maximum lifespan and enhances cardiac function in aging animals by significantly reducing heart arrhythmias and increasing the contraction proportion o the contraction/relaxation cycle [22737247].


References:
  • 22737247: Statin treatment increases lifespan and improves cardiac health in Drosophila by decreasing specific protein prenylation.


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