Cysteine restriction

Intervention1 paper2 findings

Outcomes

Healthspan

upin mice1

1 study

Cysteine restriction improves healthspan in mice.
Animalsin aged Cth -/- mice70% reduction70% cysteine reduction
Cysteine restriction extends lifespan and boosts metabolic fitness in animals · bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 9 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Lifespan

upin worms1

1 study

Cysteine restriction extends lifespan in worms.
Model organismsindependently of methionine
Cysteine restriction extends lifespan and boosts metabolic fitness in animals · bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 9 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Reducing dietary cysteine independently of methionine enhanced survival in nematodes and reprogrammed the immunometabolic axis in mice.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · Orliaguet L et al.