# Experiments to return to

> Elysian Med Aesthetics: the reading list — The Elysian Med Aesthetics reading list: Epitalon in mouse oocytes, rat pineal cells, human stem-cell cultures, telomere experiments and lifespan studies.

**Reading list**

Mouse egg cells first; then pineal cells, telomeres and the much larger question of a whole life.

## Egg cells and cellular tasks

The [mouse-oocyte experiment](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413689/) concerns post-ovulatory aging in culture. The [rat pineal-cell paper](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22816096/) reports changes in AANAT and pCREB synthesis and melatonin in the medium. The [gingival stem-cell study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32019204/) concerns neurogenic differentiation markers in vitro.

The cellular task is their attraction for me. Their outcomes give preservation and activity more definite meanings than a general adjective about youth.

## Cell persistence and animal outcomes

The [early human-fibroblast telomerase experiment](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12937682/) can be read beside the [normal-cell and breast-cancer-cell comparison](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40908429/). The latter makes cell identity especially difficult to leave out of a summary.

The [female-mouse lifespan study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14501183/) supplies maximum and mean lifespan outcomes, while the [induced colon-carcinogenesis study in rats](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12049808/) adds a specific tumour-model result. The complete subject of an experiment deserves as much space as its direction of effect.

## Preparations and the wider account

The [elderly-cohort follow-up](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14523363/) concerns Epithalamin, alone and combined with thymalin. Its observational design and the preparation's identity both matter to the mortality association it reports.

The [overview of Epitalon's proposed actions](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40141333/) is useful for the breadth of the field and its acknowledgement of incomplete characterization. An outcome claim has to answer to a particular experiment.

## References

[1] Epitalon protects against post-ovulatory aging-related damage of mouse oocytes in vitro https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413689/
[2] Epithalon peptide induces telomerase activity and telomere elongation in human somatic cells https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12937682/
[3] Epitalon increases telomere length in human cell lines through telomerase upregulation or ALT activity https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40908429/
[4] Molecular cellular mechanisms of peptide regulation of melatonin synthesis in pinealocyte culture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22816096/
[5] Overview of Epitalon-Highly Bioactive Pineal Tetrapeptide with Promising Properties https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40141333/
[6] Effect of Epitalon on biomarkers of aging, life span and spontaneous tumor incidence in female Swiss-derived SHR mice https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14501183/
[7] Peptides of pineal gland and thymus prolong human life https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14523363/
[8] AEDG Peptide (Epitalon) Stimulates Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis during Neurogenesis: Possible Epigenetic Mechanism https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32019204/
[9] Inhibitory effect of peptide Epitalon on colon carcinogenesis induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine in rats https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12049808/

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