Lifespan extension in the spontaneous dwarf rat and enhanced resistance to hyperoxia-induced mortality

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 457-463

  Sasaki, Toru ^a   Tahara, Shoichi ^a,b   Shinkai, Tadashi ^a,c   Kuramoto, Kazunao ^a   Matsumoto, Shigenobu ^a   Yanabe, Makoto ^d   Takagi, Shohei ^d   Kondo, Hiroshi ^e   Kaneko, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Japan SLC   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Dwarf; Growth hormone; Lifespan; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPEROXIA; LIFE EXTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATALASE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; DWARFISM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPEROXIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONGEVITY; LUNG; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84875627962     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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