MTORvignette|Complexe mTORC1 mTOR (de l'anglais mechanistic target of rapamycin - auparavant mammalian target of rapamycin - en français cible de la rapamycine chez les mammifères) est une enzyme de la famille des sérine/thréonine kinases qui régule la prolifération cellulaire, la croissance cellulaire, la mobilité cellulaire, la survie cellulaire, la biosynthèse des protéines et la transcription. Au niveau pathologique, mTOR est depuis plusieurs années associé à la tumorigénèse mais des rôles de mTOR dans l'obésité, la faim et l'homéostasie énergétique de l'organisme entier ont également été soulignés .
Aging brainAging of the brain is a process of transformation of the brain in older age, including changes all individuals experience and those of illness (including unrecognised illness). Usually this refers to humans. Since life extension is only pertinent if accompanied by health span extension, and, more importantly, by preserving brain health and cognition, finding rejuvenating approaches that act simultaneously in peripheral tissues and in brain function is a key strategy for development of rejuvenating technology.
TreadmillingIn molecular biology, treadmilling is a phenomenon observed within protein filaments of the cytoskeletons of many cells, especially in actin filaments and microtubules. It occurs when one end of a filament grows in length while the other end shrinks, resulting in a section of filament seemingly "moving" across a stratum or the cytosol. This is due to the constant removal of the protein subunits from these filaments at one end of the filament, while protein subunits are constantly added at the other end.
