Therapeutic Potential of NAD-Boosting Molecules: The In Vivo Evidence

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), the cell's hydrogen carrier for redox Enzymes, is well known for its role in redox reactions. More recently, it has emerged as a signaling molecule. By modulating NAD⁺-sensing Enzymes, NAD⁺ controls hundreds of key processes from energy metabolism to cell survival, rising and falling depending on food intake, exercise, and the time of day. NAD⁺ levels steadily decline with age, resulting in altered metabolism and increased disease susceptibility. Restoration of NAD⁺ levels in old or diseased Animals can promote health and extend lifespan, prompting a search for safe and efficacious NAD-boosting molecules that hold the promise of increasing the body's resilience, not just to one disease, but to many, thereby extending healthy human lifespan.

CD38; PARP1; STAC; aging; cancer; cardiovascular disease; chromatin; epigenetics; inflammation; nicotinamide mononucleotide; nicotinamide riboside; sirtuins.