Posted on | CategoriesNutrition & Integrative Physiology | PI: J. David Symons, PhD & Sihem Boudina, PhD

Late-in-life Exercise Training Increases Intracellular Protein Recycling in the Heart

Heart cells (known as myocytes) work hard. Over a human lifetime, the heart beats approximately 2.5 billion times. As myocytes age, and especially in the presence of disease, they accumulate damaged intracellular components such as misfolded proteins. This build-up of damaged cellular material can cause cardiac dysfunction, diminish quality of life, and lead to premature death. Continue reading → Late-in-life Exercise Training Increases Intracellular Protein Recycling in the Heart

Sihem Boudina, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology at the College of Health and an investigator at the Molecular Medicine Program at the University of Utah. Dr. Boudina’s research is focused at understanding the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular disease. Particularly, her lab has pioneered research of cardiac metabolism in diabetes and redox-regulation of energy expenditure.

Dr. Boudina received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and technology in Algeria, and a PhD from Bordeaux 2 University in France.