Is β-galactosidase staining a marker of senescence in vitro and in vivo?

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 162-171

  Severino, Joseph ^a   Allen, R G ^b,c   Balin, Samuel ^b,c   Balin, Arthur ^d   Cristofalo, Vincent J ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sally Balin Cosmetic Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging marker; Donor age; Immortalization; Senescence; gal

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STAINING;

EID: 0034713329     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4875     Document Type: Article

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