AGING - CAUSES AND DEFENSES

被引:37
作者
MARTIN, GR
DANNER, DB
HOLBROOK, NJ
机构
[1] Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore
来源
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE | 1993年 / 44卷
关键词
SENESCENCE; TELOMERES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.me.44.020193.002223
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Recent studies have shown that chromosomes shorten as cells divide and become senescent. Also, deletions in mitochondrial DNA increase markedly with advancing age, presumably secondary to damage from oxygen radicals. Since host defenses against environmental factors also become attenuated, the molecular damage associated with aging may increasingly perturb normal homeostasis and increase the susceptibility to disease and disability. Such age-associated dysfunctions can be targeted and interrupted.
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页码:419 / 429
页数:11
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