New clinical findings on the longevity gene in disease, health, & longevity: Sirtuin 1 often decreases with advanced age & serious diseases in most parts of the human body, while relatively high & constant sirtuin 1 regardless of age was first found in the hippocampus of supercentenarians

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 287-309

  Omura, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Lu, Dominic P ^b,c,d   Jones, Marilyn ^b,e   O'Young, Brian ^f,g   Duvvi, Harsha ^a,b   Paluch, Kamila ^h   Shimotsuura, Yasuhiro ^b,i,j   Ohki, Motomu ^j  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Integrative Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry   (United States)

^e Holistic Dental Center   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^h Peking University First Hospital ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Japan Bi Digital O Ring Test Association   (Japan)

^j ORT Life Science Research Institute   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Aging; AIDS; Antiaging; Asbestos; Aspartame; Cancer; Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) Resonance Phenomenon; Hippocampus; HIV; Longevity gene; QiGong; Sirtuin 1; Special solar energy stored paper; Supercentenarians; Telomere

Indexed keywords

SIRTUIN 1;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASES; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIRTUIN 1; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858262240     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012911803634111     Document Type: Article

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