Lipofuscin: Mechanisms of formation and increase with age

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-276

  Terman, Alexei ^a,b,c   Brunk, Ulf T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Lipofuscin; Lysosomes

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOFUSCIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; AUTOPHAGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0031889998     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01346.x     Document Type: Review

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