The metabolic regulation of aging

Nature Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1416-1423

  Finkel, Toren ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; SIRTUIN;

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; BODY FAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL METABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; FOOD; METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FOOD; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84949550661     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3998     Document Type: Review

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