When stem cells grow old: Phenotypes and mechanisms of stem cell aging

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-14

  Schultz, Michael B ^a   Sinclair, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related diseases; Hematopoietic stem cells; Multicellular organisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL AGING; CELL METABOLISM; CELL POLARITY; DISEASES; DNA DAMAGE; EPIGENETICS; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HEALTH; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; REVIEW; SATELLITE CELL; SKIN STEM CELL; STEM CELL AGING; STEM CELL NICHE; TELOMERE; AGING; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; STEM CELLS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84953387501     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.130633     Document Type: Review

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