Acetyl-L-carnitine protects yeast cells from apoptosis and aging and inhibits mitochondrial fission

Aging Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 570-579

  Palermo, Vanessa ^a   Falcone, Claudio ^a   Calvani, Menotti ^b   Mazzoni, Cristina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Scientific Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Carnitine; Mitochondria; S. Cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; LEVACECARNINE; PROPIONYL L CARNITINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCARNITINE; CAFFEINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LSM4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCARNITINE; APOPTOSIS; CAFFEINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049451823     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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