Autophagy-mediated longevity is modulated by lipoprotein biogenesis

Autophagy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 261-272

  Seah, Nicole E ^a   de Magalhaes Filho, C Daniel ^b,c   Petrashen, Anna P ^a   Henderson, Hope R ^c,d   Laguer, Jade ^d   Gonzalez, Julissa ^d   Dillin, Andrew ^b,c   Hansen, Malene ^d   Lapierre, Louis R ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Autophagy; C. Elegans; Fat storage; Intestine; Life span; Lipid metabolism; Lipoprotein; TOR; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ACID LIPASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; FAT DROPLET; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR 49; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR 80; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HLH 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; LONGEVITY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VITELLOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; INTESTINES; LIPASE; LIPOLYSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGEVITY; LYSOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84964506812     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1127464     Document Type: Article

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