Metallothionein and the biology of aging

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-145

  Swindell, William R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Diet; GH; IGF 1; Longevity; MTF 1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; INSULIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INVERTEBRATE; LIFESPAN; LIPID DIET; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE;

INVERTEBRATA; MUS;

EID: 78650229303     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.09.007     Document Type: Review

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