Lessons from C. elegans: Signaling pathways for longevity

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 637-644

  Lapierre, Louis R ^a   Hansen, Malene ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autophagy; Germline; Insulin IGF 1; Lipid metabolism; TOR

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGING; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84869488061     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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