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Overview

Tory M. Hagen is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing notably on molecular biology and aging.

Their work includes contributions to the study of mitochondrial function and pathology, biochemical acid research studies, coenzyme Q10 effects, genetics related to aging and longevity in model organisms, ocean acidification responses, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and amyloidosis diagnosis and outcomes.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Tory M. Hagen include:

  • Strategies to protect against age-related mitochondrial decay: Do natural products and their derivatives help? (2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine)
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Long-Term (R)-α-Lipoic Acid Supplementation Promotes Weight Loss in Overweight or Obese Adults without Altering Baseline Elevated Plasma Triglyceride Concentrations (2020, Journal of Nutrition)
  • Divergences in the Control of Mitochondrial Respiration Are Associated With Life-Span Variation in Marine Bivalves (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A)
  • Multivitamin/Multimineral Supplementation Prevents or Reverses Decline in Vitamin Biomarkers and Cellular Energy Metabolism in Healthy Older Men: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study (2023, Nutrients)
  • Biomechanical demands of exercises commonly performed by older adults in falls prevention programs (2022, Clinical Biomechanics)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kathy R. Magnusson
  • Amanda Radke
  • Gerd Bobe
  • Alexander J. Michels
  • Nicholas O. Thomas

Work by Tory M. Hagen has been published in several venues repeatedly, including:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrients

Their research covers core areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields including molecular biology, biochemistry, aging, oceanography, and physiology.

Best Publications

  • Oxidants, antioxidants, and the degenerative diseases of aging

    Bruce N. Ames;Mark K. Shigenaga;Tory M. Hagen

  • Oxidative damage and mitochondrial decay in aging

    Mark K. Shigenaga;Tory M. Hagen;Bruce N. Ames

  • Alpha-lipoic acid as a dietary supplement: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

    Kate Petersen Shay;Régis F. Moreau;Eric J. Smith;Anthony R. Smith

  • Decline in transcriptional activity of Nrf2 causes age-related loss of glutathione synthesis, which is reversible with lipoic acid

    Jung H. Suh;Swapna V. Shenvi;Brian M. Dixon;Honglei Liu

  • Selective fluorescent imaging of superoxide in vivo using ethidium-based probes

    Kristine M. Robinson;Michael S. Janes;Mariana Pehar;Jeffrey S. Monette

  • Memory loss in old rats is associated with brain mitochondrial decay and RNA/DNA oxidation: Partial reversal by feeding acetyl-l-carnitine and/or R-α-lipoic acid

    Jiankang Liu;Elizabeth Head;Afshin M. Gharib;Wenjun Yuan

  • Chronically and acutely exercised rats: biomarkers of oxidative stress and endogenous antioxidants

    Jiankang Liu;Helen C. Yeo;Eva Övervik-Douki;Tory Hagen

  • Lipoic acid as a potential therapy for chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress.

    A. R. Smith;S. V. Shenvi;M. Widlansky;J. H. Suh

  • Mitochondrial decay in hepatocytes from old rats: Membrane potential declines, heterogeneity and oxidants increase

    Tory M. Hagen;David L. Yowe;James C. Bartholomew;Carol M. Wehr

  • Mitochondrial decay in aging

    Bruce N. Ames;Mark K. Shigenaga;Tory M. Hagen

  • Feeding acetyl-l-carnitine and lipoic acid to old rats significantly improves metabolic function while decreasing oxidative stress

    Tory M. Hagen;Jiankang Liu;Jens Lykkesfeldt;Carol M. Wehr

  • Extensive oxidative DNA damage in hepatocytes of transgenic mice with chronic active hepatitis destined to develop hepatocellular carcinoma

    Tory M. Hagen;Shaonan Huang;John Curnutte;Patricia Fowler

  • Age-associated increases in oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme activities in cardiac interfibrillar mitochondria: implications for the mitochondrial theory of aging.

    Sharon Judge;Young Mok Jang;Anthony Smith;Tory Hagen

  • Acetyl-l-carnitine fed to old rats partially restores mitochondrial function and ambulatory activity

    Tory M. Hagen;Russell T. Ingersoll;Carol M. Wehr;Jens Lykkesfeldt

  • Glutathione Metabolism during Aging and in Alzheimer Disease

    Honglei Liu;Hong Wang;Swapna Shenvi;Tory M. Hagen

  • α-Lipoic acid attenuates LPS-induced inflammatory responses by activating the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway

    Wei-Jian Zhang;Hao Wei;Tory Hagen;Balz Frei

  • (R)-α-Lipoic acid-supplemented old rats have improved mitochondrial function, decreased oxidative damage, and increased metabolic rate

    Tory M. Hagen;Russell T. Ingersoll;Jens Lykkesfeldt;Jiankang Liu

  • Exogenous glutathione protects intestinal epithelial cells from oxidative injury.

    Lawrence H. Lash;Tory M. Hagen;Dean P. Jones

  • Oxidative damage increases with age in a canine model of human brain aging

    E. Head;J. Liu;T. M. Hagen;B. A. Muggenburg

  • Age-associated decline in ascorbic acid concentration, recycling, and biosynthesis in rat hepatocytes—reversal with (R)-α-lipoic acid supplementation

    Jens Lykkesfeldt;Tory M. Hagen;Vladimir Vinarsky;Bruce N. Ames

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Francesco Visioli
Francesco Visioli University of Padua
Jiankang Liu
Jiankang Liu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Joseph A. Vita
Joseph A. Vita Boston University
Joseph S. Beckman
Joseph S. Beckman Oregon State University
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh University of Florida
Maret G. Traber
Maret G. Traber Oregon State University
Colin Selman
Colin Selman University of Glasgow
Norton W. Milgram
Norton W. Milgram University of Toronto
Carl W. Cotman
Carl W. Cotman University of California, Irvine

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