From Treadmills to Transcriptomes: Consortium Charts Molecular Responses to Exercise | ALZFORUM

From Treadmills to Transcriptomes: Consortium Charts Molecular Responses to Exercise ToolsBack to the Top We all know that physical activity is good for us, and may even help stave off dementia. But what are the underlying molecular mechanisms? Understanding how exercise affects the entire body at the transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenetic, and metabolomic level is the goal of the molecular transducers of physical activity in humans consortium (MoTrPAC), a 10-year project funded by the NIH Common Fund in 2016. Pronounced “motor …