Molecular and physiological manifestations and measurement of aging in humans

Aging Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 624-633

  Khan, Sadiya S ^a   Singer, Benjamin D ^a   Vaughan, Douglas E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; biological age; biomarkers; score; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE LENGTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL AGING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; METFORMIN;

AGING; BIOMARKERS; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; METFORMIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 85019568742     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acel.12601     Document Type: Review

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