While there is good evidence to support this idea in model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, recent evidence from Michael Ristow's laboratory suggests that oxidative stress may also promote life expectancy of Caenorhabditis elegans by inducing a secondary response to initially increased levels of reactive oxygen species.
Hai boas evidencias que apoian esta idea en organismos modelo como Drosophila melanogaster e Caenorhabditis elegans, pero evidencias recentes obtidas no laboratorio de Michael Ristow suxiren que o estrés oxidativo pode tamén promover unha mellora na expectativa de vida de Caenorhabditis elegans ao inducir unha resposta secundaria para incrementar inicialmente os niveis das especies de osíxeno reactivo.