Ectopic expression of telomerase safely increases health span and life span

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-438

  Mendelsohn, Andrew R ^a   Larrick, James W ^a  

^a Panorama Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; AGING; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENE THERAPY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84864927080     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2012.1359     Document Type: Review

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