Identification of high caspase-3 mRNA expression as a unique signature profile for extremely old individuals

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1133-1144

  Lacelle, Chantale ^a,b,c   Xu, Suying ^b,c   Wang, Eugenia ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Apoptosis; Caspases; Longevity; MRNA

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 10; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEMORY CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 10; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037198033     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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