Rapamycin slows aging in mice

Aging Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 675-682

  Wilkinson, John E ^a   Burmeister, Lisa ^b   Brooks, Susan V ^b   Chan, Chi Chao ^c   Friedline, Sabrina ^b   Harrison, David E ^d   Hejtmancik, James F ^c   Nadon, Nancy ^e   Strong, Randy ^f   Wood, Lauren K ^b   Woodward, Maria A ^g   Miller, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventions; Longevity pathology; TOR

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ADRENAL TUMOR; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LIVER ATROPHY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGING; ANIMALS; CATARACT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SIROLIMUS; TENDONS; TESTIS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

MUS;

EID: 84864021710     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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