DNA repair, insulin signaling and sirtuins: At the crossroads between cancer and aging

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6966-6990

  Mostoslavsky, Raul ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA Damage; DNA repair; Genomic Instability; Insulin Signaling; Lifespan; Metabolic Homeostasis; Review; SIRT6; Sirtuins

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SIRTUIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIRTUINS;

EID: 52049112965     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3203     Document Type: Article

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