Title | Molecular Gerontology [electronic resource] : Research Status and Strategies / edited by Suresh I. S. Rattan, Olivier Toussaint |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1996 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5889-7 |
Descript | VIII, 216 p. online resource |
1. Genetics of Ageing and Multifactorial Diseases -- 2. Ageing and Cancer: A Struggle of Tendencies -- 3. Maintaining the Stability of the Genome -- 4. NuclearโMitochondrial Interactions Involved in Biological Ageing -- 5. From Genes to Functional Gene Products during Ageing -- 6. Ageing of Cells in Vitro -- 7. Stress and Energy Metabolism in Age-Related Processes -- 8. Growth Factors and Ageing: The Case of Wound Healing -- 9. Immunosenescence: Paradoxes and New Perspectives Emerging from the Study of Healthy Centenarians -- 10. Drosophila as a Model System for Molecular Gerontology -- 11. Skin Ageing: The Relevance of Antioxidants -- 12. Cell Maintenance and Stress Response in Ageing and Longevity -- 13. From Molecular Gerontology to Healthy Old Age: Research Strategies