Molecular mechanisms and models of aging
By: edited by Efstathios S. Gonos, Ioannis P. Trougakos, and Niki Chondrogianni
Contributors: Gonos, E. S.; Trougakos, Ioannis P; Chondrogianni, Niki; New York Academy of Sciences
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1119
Publisher: Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781573316866; 9781573317092
Subjects: Aging -- Molecular aspects -- Congresses; Aging -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses; Geriatrics -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: "This volume is the result of a meeting entitled 12th Congress of the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology : Molecular Mechanisms and Models of Ageing, held on Spetes Island, Greece, May 20-24, 2007"--P. [vii]

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Clonal attenuation of somatic cells in aging mammals: A review of supportive evidence and its biomedical significance / G.M. Martin; title: Exposure of human diploid fibroblasts to hypoxia extends proliferative life span / E. Poulios ... [et al.]; title: Cyclin D1 overexpression permits the reproducible detection of senescent human vascular smooth muscle cells / D.G.A. Burton ... [et al.]; title: Morphological changes associated with aging. Age spots and the microinflammatory model of skin aging / E. Goyarts ... [et al.]; title: Molecular mechanisms of skin aging. State of the art / E. Makrantonaki ... [et al.]; title: Acquisition of oxidative DNA damage during senescence. The first step toward carcinogenesis? / S. Martien ... [et al.]; title: Effect of the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A in human peripheral blood lymphocytes as a function of donor age / T.G. Sourlingas ... [et al.]; title: Transient increased extracellular release of H[subscript]2 O[subscript]2 during establishment of UVB-induced premature senescence / C. Borlon ... [et al.]; title: Importance of the lon protease in mitochondrial maintenance and the significance of declining lon in aging / J.K. Ngo ... [et al.]; title: Protein oxidative modifications and replicative senescence of WI-38 human embryonic fibroblasts / E.K. Ahmed ... [et al.]; title: Lipofuscin. Formation, distribution, and metabolic consequences / T. Jung ... [et al.]; title: Stress-mediated hormetic modulation of aging, wound healing, and angiogenesis in human cells / S.I.S. Rattan ... [et al.]; title: Real aging retardation in humans through diminishing risks to health / U.L.O. Kristjuhan; title: Zinc, metallothioneins, and longevity. Effect of zinc supplementation: Zincage study / E. Mocchegiani ... [et al.]; title: Ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) agonists show potential as interventive agents during aging / R.G. Smith ... [et al.]; title: Functional significance of minor structural and expression changes in stress chaperone mortalin / C.C. Deocaris ... [et al.]; title: Gro-[alpha]. A potential marker for cancer and aging silenced by RNA interference / S. Fimmel ... [et al.]; title: Caspase-3 and BCL-2 expression in aging in adrenal zona reticularis after dexamethasone administration / H. Almeida ... [et al.]; title: Nutraceutical strategy in aging. Targeting heat shock protein and inflammatory profile through understanding interleukin-6 polymorphism / F. Marotta ... [et al.]; title: Role of TLR4 polymorphisms in inflammatory responses. Implications for unsuccessful aging / C.R. Balistreri ... [et al.]; title: ProNGF, sortilin, and age-related neurodegeneration / R. Al-Shawi ... [et al.]; title: Identification of fasting-induced genes in the rat hypothalamus. Relationship with neuroprotection / T. Chiba ... [et al.]; title: Acute myocardial infarction and proinflammatory gene variants / F. Licastro ... [et al.]; title: Bone mineral density in ukrainian women of different age / V.V. Povoroznyuk ... [et al.]; title: Sex-specific effects of the DAF-12 steroid receptor on aging in caenorhabditis elegans / D. McCulloch ... [et al.]; title: Modulating longevity in drosophila by over- and underexpression of glutamate-cysteine ligase / J.M. Luchak ... [et al.]; title: Modeling werner syndrome in drosophila melanogaster. Hyper-recombination in flies lacking wrn-like exonuclease / L.S. Cox ... [et al.]; title: Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of aging in caenorhabditis elegans / P. Syntichaki ... [et al.]; title: Calorie restriction, post-reproductive life span, and programmed aging. A plea for rigor / A.D.N.J. de Grey; title: Nonpathological senescence arises from unsuitable external influences / A.V. Khalyavkin ... [et al.]