Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Metabolic dysregulation in vitamin E and carnitine shuttle energy mechanisms associate with human frailty

  • Nicholas J. W. Rattray,
  • Drupad K. Trivedi,
  • Yun Xu,
  • Tarani Chandola,
  • Caroline H. Johnson,
  • Alan D. Marshall,
  • Krisztina Mekli,
  • Zahra Rattray,
  • Gindo Tampubolon,
  • Bram Vanhoutte,
  • Iain R. White,
  • Frederick C. W. Wu,
  • Neil Pendleton,
  • James Nazroo,
  • Royston Goodacre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12716-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Risk of age-related chronic disorders and decrease in resilience is associated with ageing. Here the authors analyse the human blood metabolome and identify metabolites associated with frailty.