The role of mitochondria in mTOR-regulated longevity

Biological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-181

  Wei, Yuehua ^a   Zhang, Yan Jie ^a   Cai, Ying ^a   Xu, Mang Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

aging; hormesis; mitochondria; mitophagy; mTOR; retrograde; ROS; stress; theory; unfolded protein response (UPR)

Indexed keywords

TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIA; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 85017305946     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/BRV.12103     Document Type: Article

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