Aging biology: A new frontier for drug discovery

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-229

  Verdaguer, Ester ^a   Junyent, Felix ^a,b   Folch, Jaume ^b   Beas Zarate, Carlos ^c   Auladell, Carme ^a   Pallàs, Mercè ^a   Camins, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BUTEIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CURCUMIN; FLURBIPROFEN; FLURBIPROFEN 4 NITROXYBUTYL ESTER; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MELATONIN; METFORMIN; MYRICETIN; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; RAPAMYCIN; RESVERATROL; SIRTUIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; SPERMIDINE; SRT 1720; SRT 2104; SRT 2379; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LIFESPAN; MEMORY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE STRAIN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857579728     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: 1746045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2012.660144     Document Type: Review

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