mRNA level of alpha-2-macroglobulin as an aging biomarker of human fibroblasts in culture

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-421

  Ma, Hong ^a,b   Li, Renzhong ^a   Zhang, Zongyu ^a   Tong, Tanjun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Alzheimer's disease; Biomarker; cDNA array; Cellular aging; Fibroblasts; Gene expression; In vitro; Population doubling; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 1342329228     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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