Leupeptin causes an accumulation of lipofuscin-like substances and other signs of aging in kidneys of young rats: Further evidence for the protease inhibitor model of aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 786, Issue , 1996, Pages 12-23

  Ivy, G O ^a   Roopsingh, R ^a   Kanai, S ^b   Ohta, M ^b   Sato, Y ^b   Kitani, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUPEPTIN; LIPOFUSCIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029784635     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb39048.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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