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Mert Erogul

@erogul1.bsky.social
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Metabolic health, geroscience, emergency medicine. Thanks for leaving twitter

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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Why do all organisms age and die? Here's my half baked theory: #aging
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Why do we have to die? – Ageproof
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
They brought in a guy from his house, the circumstances weren't clear. He was found on the ground, unk downtime but the body was covered in pressure sores. He was emaciated and breathing rapidly through his mouth.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Nice write up in the times for the medical storytelling program (airwaystories.com)
nytimes.com
Real Doctors of New York Spill Their Guts
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A pilot of reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of tau-opathies. Probing the hypothesis that retrotransposons underlie pathophysiology of Alzheimer's. Results are interesting.
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A Phase IIa clinical trial to evaluate the effects of anti-retroviral therapy in Alzheimer’s disease (ART-AD) - npj Dementia
npj Dementia - A Phase IIa clinical trial to evaluate the effects of anti-retroviral therapy in Alzheimer’s disease (ART-AD)
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Poor sleep disrupts the glymphatic system in humans, which hastens dementia. Exercise improves glymphatic functioning (at least in mice).
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Effects of sleep on the glymphatic functioning and multimodal human brain network affecting memory in older adults - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Effects of sleep on the glymphatic functioning and multimodal human brain network affecting memory in older adults
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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging @buckinstitute.org · 11/03/2025
Study in @nature.com (Nature Medicine) “exposes the #exposome in #aging” by exploring how 164 exposures relate to mortality and age-related disease. How and where we live matters big time! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Exposing the exposome in aging - Nature Aging
Nature Aging - Exposing the exposome in aging
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Here is a theoretical problem with overdriving anabolism with BCAA supplementation in older adults. It paradoxically causes sarcopenia.
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Jen Wang @jenwang.com · 06/02/2025
Update on my life: Last year, I joined my kids' school's PTA, because they needed a treasurer and I'm good enough with numbers. It was a straightforward, self-contained job: balancing the checkbook for an organization that only did a few fundraisers each year.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My Chinese patient has a tattoo on his arm. It says 7-5-1986. I ask him its meaning and he says that he did it himself. I say, but why did you write that date, what is the significance of the date? He says that’s what day it was when he did the tattoo.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How exercise during pregnancy can improve metabolic health of offspring: a key mediator (Serpina3c) from mother's white adipose tissue gets into fetal circulation, suppresses inflammation, as demonstrated in the mouse model www.nature.com/articles/s42... www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A landmark paper claiming that somatic mutations to DNA (due to replicative errors, toxins, radiation, etc.) are the sought after drivers of epigenetic changes and account for the ticking of the clock. If true, then it seriously complicates ambitions to reverse aging with Yamanake Factors.
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Somatic mutation as an explanation for epigenetic aging - Nature Aging
Koch and colleagues report that epigenetic clocks mirror age predictions based on the accumulation of somatic mutations and show that somatic mutations at CpG sites coincide with extensive remodeling ...
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Today we report a new compendium of human gut microbiomes with >168,000 samples By analyzing this massive dataset, we discovered distinct microbiome patterns across the globe, and show we can predict where a person lives just from their gut bacteria Now out in Cell: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Integration of 168,000 samples reveals global patterns of the human gut microbiome
The Human Microbiome Compendium is a unified database of publicly available human gut microbiome 16S samples, built with the integrated data from hundreds of independent projects. The compendium is us...
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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging @buckinstitute.org · 21/01/2025
Reconciling 2 major explanations for #aging, study in Nature Aging @nature.com finds somatic mutations are fundamental driver of aging and #epigenetic changes simply track process. Reversing aging may be harder than previously thought. Time to rethink strategies? www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Somatic mutation as an explanation for epigenetic aging - Nature Aging
Koch and colleagues report that epigenetic clocks mirror age predictions based on the accumulation of somatic mutations and show that somatic mutations at CpG sites coincide with extensive remodeling ...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It's a new year! ...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩 Registration here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-35 ⭐️MicroTalks: Minna Chang @hariszaf.bsky.social ⭐️ Keynote: @chmoei.bsky.social ⭐️Selected talks: Pratyay Sengupta @fatimacpereira.bsky.social @cladigar.bsky.social
MVIF january program
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Price gouging by the ‘Big 3 PBMs’—Caremark Rx (CVS), Express Scripts (ESI), and OptumRx —marked up numerous specialty generic drugs at their pharmacies by **thousands of percent***, and many by hundreds of percent—resulting in 📌 $7.3 billion📌 in excess revenue. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Oscillations in gut microbiota composition regulate the diurnal rhythmicity of HPA axis function, which leads to altered stress responsivity across the day.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Move over #Horvath. #Histone specific epigenetic changes highly predictive of aging, rivaling CpG methylation sites. They typically specify genes important to the aging process. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Histone mark age of human tissues and cell types
Histone mark age predictors will complement cytosine methylation-based clocks in aging and rejuvenation studies.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Our assessment of a person's epigenetic ("biological") age has been centered on DNA methylation. A new report shows that a set of 7 histone markers has comparable accuracy and also uncovers new pathways of aging biology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
www.cell.com/trends/endoc... @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social
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Inter-organ communication is a critical machinery to regulate metabolism and aging
Inter-organ communication (IOC) is a complex mechanism involved in maintaining metabolic homeostasis and healthy aging. Dysregulation of distinct forms of IOC is linked to metabolic derangements and age-related pathologies, implicating these processes as a potential target for therapeutic intervention to promote healthy aging. In this review, we delve into IOC mediated by hormonal signaling, circulating factors, organelle signaling, and neuronal networks and examine their roles in regulating metabolism and aging. Given the role of the hypothalamus as a high-order control center for aging and longevity, we particularly emphasize the importance of its communication with peripheral organs and pave the way for a better understanding of this critical machinery in metabolism and aging.
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Ram Chakrabarty @rpc3312.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our lab's latest study, spearheaded by a fantastic colleague, Colleen, reveals that the blood glucose-lowering effect of metformin requires the inhibition of mitochondrial ETC complex I. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... An insightful focus by Prof. Doug Green: bit.ly/41Hc4fX
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Metformin targets mitochondrial complex I to lower blood glucose levels
Acute oral metformin administration lowers blood glucose levels by targeting mitochondrial complex I.
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
CDC confirms first severe case of #H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. 💣💣💣 www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States
December 18, 2024-- A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus ("H5N1 bird flu") infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the virus in the United States. The case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, December 13. Since April 2024, there have been a total of 61 reported human cases of H5 bird flu reported in the United States.

Partial viral genome data of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected the patient in Louisiana indicates that the virus belongs to the D1.1 genotype related to other D1.1 viruses recently detected in wild birds and poultry in the United States and in recent human cases in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state. This H5N1 bird flu genotype is different than the B3.13 genotype detected in dairy cows, sporadic human cases in multiple states, and some poultry outbreaks in the United States. Additional genomic sequencing and efforts to isolate virus from clinical specimens from the patient in Louisiana are underway at CDC.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Delightful
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A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Nuclear kappa beta receptor ligand administration (RANKL) regrows thymus and restores immune function in mice. A potential cure for immune senescence.
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RANKL treatment restores thymic function and improves T cell–mediated immune responses in aged mice
RANK ligand administration reversed age-dependent thymic involution and rejuvenated T cell immunity in mice.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Ketones, either endogenous or consumed, help clear misfolded protein in the brain through autophagy.
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Ketone Bodies Clear Damaged Proteins in the Brain - Neuroscience News
Ketone bodies, known for their role in energy metabolism during fasting, have been shown to directly interact with damaged proteins in the brain, aiding their clearance through autophagy.
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
@neurosciencenews.bsky.social please start posting
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does”
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Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroom
OpenRead Reading & Notes Taking
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Mert Erogul @erogul1.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Seems like a big deal
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htw @heniek-htw.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Association of #sleep quality and #mitochondrial DNA copy number in healthy middle-aged adults www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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