Uric acid levels in tissues and plasma of mice during aging

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1367-1370

  Iwama, Mizuki ^a,b   Kondo, Yoshitaka ^a   Shimokado, Kentaro ^b   Maruyama, Naoki ^a   Ishigami, Akihito ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Mouse tissue; Uric acid; Uricase

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID TISSUE LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; URIC ACID;

EID: 84864962281     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00198     Document Type: Article

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