Could a hormone point the way to life extension?

eLife

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1, MOUSE;

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIFE EXTENSION; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84878996235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00286     Document Type: Article

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