Trehalose extends longevity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Aging Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 558-569

  Honda, Yoko ^a   Tanaka, Masashi ^a   Honda, Shuji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Insulin; Life span; Polyglutamine; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 1; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; LIPOFUSCIN; LONGEVITY; PEPTIDES; PHARYNX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

EID: 78049437929     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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