Glutamine synthetase plays a role in d-galactose-induced astrocyte aging in vitro and in vivo

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-173

  Shen, Yao ^a   Gao, Hongchang ^a   Shi, Xiaojie ^a   Wang, Na ^a   Ai, Dongdong ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Ouyang, Li ^a   Yang, Jianbo ^a   Tian, Yueyang ^a   Lu, Jianxin ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocyte; D Galactose (D gal); Glutamine synthetase (GS)

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTE CULTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; ANIMAL MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROTOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOWN-REGULATION; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907314311     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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