Decreased expression of cytochrome P450 17 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA in senescent bovine adrenal gland.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The identification of modifiable health span-promoting factors is a public health priority. OBJECTIVE:To explore the socio-environmental, lifestyle, behavioural, and psychological determinants of a clinical phenotypic measure of biological ageing in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS) cohort. ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ng TP,Zhong X,Gao Q,Gwee X,Chua DQL,Larbi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP-dependent and -independent protein kinase have been isolated from livers of rats at 3, 9, 18 and 30 months of age. A preliminary characterization reported here reveals that in addition to a decrease in their activities due to ageing and a likely shift to cyclic AMP-independent casein kinase activity at 30 m...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kumar R,Chiero L,Rodriguez D

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that ultrastructural changes accompany ageing in the human fetal lung fibroblast strain MRC-5. In order to further characterise these changes a method has been devised to prepare subcellular fractions from MRC-5 fibroblasts using a discontinous gradient of metrizamide preceded by a low-speed centrifugati...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shakespeare VA,Buchanan JH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the requirement for provocative cystometry in urodynamic investigation in the elderly with urinary incontinence, 100 consecutive patients, who were referred on the basis of defined clinical criteria, were first studied by supine cystometry followed by provocative tests where necessary. The most satisfactor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Eastwood HD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Moderate physical exercise, dietary restriction as well as enriched environment in separate studies have been reported to delay some of the adverse effects of aging on brain function, parallel to an increase in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In order to elucidate these influences in a com...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Strasser A,Skalicky M,Hansalik M,Viidik A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological research contributes to a better understanding of cognitive mechanisms involved in making advantageous decisions, which is important for everyday life. Using laboratory gambling tasks, it has been demonstrated that both structural and functional brain changes can result in disadvantageous decision-m...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brand M,Markowitsch HJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of lipogenesis and gene expression of lipogenic enzymes in white adipose tissue (WAT) of rats decreases with age. Previously, we showed the inverse relationship between serum leptin concentration and lipogenic enzymes activities in WAT of ageing rats. Based on those results, we postulated that lepti...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nogalska A,Stelmanska E,Sledzinski T,Swierczynski J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of cell proliferation and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) were studied in blood lymphocytes treated by mitomycin C (MMC) in young and old human donors. In both the young and old donors MMC inhibited cell proliferation. Spontaneous SCE frequency was not age-dependent. In young donors, MMC induced a dose-r...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Musilová J,Michalová K,Pacovský V

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships between alcohol consumption and risks for metabolic syndrome in general populations are very controversial. It is unknown whether age influences the relationship between alcohol intake and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether age in...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wakabayashi I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphopenia is a common finding in old people admitted to medical and psychiatric wards. We describe a pilot study of the clinical associations, and prognostic significance of lymphopenia in elderly persons admitted to acute medical and psychiatric wards. Consecutive patients admitted to acute medical and psychiatric ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dennis MS,Nicolson A,Lehmann AB,Junaid O,Byrne EJ,Hopkinson N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunocompetence of 22 subjects aged 85-104 years (mean 90 +/- 1 years) was studied and compared to 21 young subjects aged 19-37 years (mean 30 +/- 1 years). The absolute lymphocyte number and the percentage of T and B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood was similar in the two groups. A marked decrease in phytohem...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Licastro F,Tabacchi PL,Chiricolo M,Parente R,Cenci M,Barboni F,Franceschi C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Old age has traditionally been considered to begin at age 65. The improving health and functional status observed among older people may necessitate reevaluation of this cut-off point. OBJECTIVE:To present the changing prevalence of common geriatric syndromes, functional parameters, common disease status an...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Jacobs JM,Maaravi Y,Cohen A,Bursztyn M,Ein-Mor E,Stessman J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although white matter changes visible with MRI are generally considered to result from ischemia, it has become clear that these changes also appear in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, their significance in AD is unknown. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the clinical significance of white matter change...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kono I,Mori S,Nakajima K,Nakagawa M,Watanabe Y,Kizu O,Yamada K,Sakai Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to aging, tissue regeneration gradually declines. Contemporary strategies to promote tissue-specific regeneration, in particular in elderly patients, often include synthetic material apt for implantation primarily aiming at upholding body functions and regaining appropriate anatomical and functional inte...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Schimke MM,Paul S,Tillmann K,Lepperdinger G,Stigler RG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite declines in cognitive abilities, older adults often perform comparable to younger adults in everyday tasks [J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:172-183]. Older adults may compensate for cognitive declines by using more efficient strategies. People often improve their efficiency by switching from an algorithmic ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Frank DJ,Jordano ML,Browne K,Touron DR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction associated with the aging process positions aging as a leading culprit for development of devastating diseases and mounting health-care costs. Many age-associated conditions for which aging increases risk are neurological disorders with no effective treatments, including Alzhei-mer's disease. As the propor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Castellano JM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of survivorship kinetics is presented. It takes into account both deterministic and stochastic aspects of survival curves. Earlier reports [Piantanelli: Arch Gerontol Geriatr 1986;5:107-118; Piantanelli: Ann NY Acad Sci 1988; 521:99-109] described a model capable of making distinct predictions on ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Piantanelli L,Rossolini G,Nisbet R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD G3a) is prevalent in older adults. Substantial evidence suggests that individuals with advanced CKD face a high risk for common geriatric conditions, like functional impairment and cognitive decline, whereas the relationships between mild-to-moderate CKD and funct...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： König M,Gollasch M,Spira D,Buchmann N,Hopfenmüller W,Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Demuth I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the aetiology of osteoarthritis has for several decades been concentrated on the destruction of the articular cartilage, the initiating events being believed to be changes in the proteoglycans and subsequently in the supporting collagenous framework, whereafter the disease is irreversible. Recent evidenc...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bailey AJ,Mansell JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic symptoms, caused by a malignancy, but not directly related to invasion by the tumor or its metastases, are the result of a wide variety of tumor-derived biologic mediators like hormones, peptides, antibodies, cytotoxic lymphocytes, autocrine and paracrine mediators. Systemic inflammatory rheumatic disea...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szekanecz Z,Szekanecz E,Bakó G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by a triad of oculocutaneous albinism, accumulation of auto-fluorescent ceroid-like pigments within macrophages, and bleeding tendency due to a storage pool disease of the platelets. We report an autopsy case (39y, male), who died of p...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ohbayashi C,Kanomata N,Imai Y,Ito H,Shimasaki H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of noradrenaline and adrenaline were studied in specimens of the posterior tibial artery obtained from 18 subjects at postmortem examination. The mean noradrenaline concentration was 167 ng/g artery (range 17-449 ng/g) and the mean adrenaline concentration was 5 ng/g (range 0--21 ng/g). There was no...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Neubauer B,Christensen NJ

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic bacteremia occurred in 68 patients over the age of 60 in a university hospital. These elderly patients were more likely than younger patients to have an underlying malignancy. Anaerobes involved included Bacteroides fragilis group (64 isolates), Bacteroides melaninogenicus group (11) and Clostridium species ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Terpenning MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theophylline kinetics were evaluated in 6 elderly (age 65-75 years) and 5 young (age 22-28 years), nonsmoking males following the oral administration of 200 mg of Elixophylline. Theophylline serum concentration in the postabsorptive phase declined in a monoexponential manner. Total body clearance, elimination half-lif...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Blouin RA,Erwin WG,Foster TS,Scott S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is a symptom of a variety of specific structural brain diseases as well as several system degenerations. Alzheimer's disease presently is the commonest cause in the developed world, causing a cortical-subcortical degeneration of ascending cholinergic neurons and large pyramidal cells in the cerebral cortex. C...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Plum F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During development and aging, as well as under hypoxia, many cells can adapt to a stressful environment, while others are damaged and die by apoptosis. In particular, intermittent hypoxia, i.e., hypoxia followed by reoxygenation, determines different responses in young and adult myocardia. OBJECTIVE:In the ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bianchi G,Di Giulio C,Rapino C,Rapino M,Antonucci A,Cataldi A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Future time perspective has been associated with subjective well-being, though depending on the line of research considered either an open-ended future time perspective or a limited future time perspective has been associated with high well-being. Most of this research however has conceptualized future time ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kozik P,Hoppmann CA,Gerstorf D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Period life expectancy is one of the most used summary indicators for the overall health of a population. Its levels and trends direct health policies, and researchers try to identify the determining risk factors to assess and forecast future developments. The use of period life expectancy is often based on the assump...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Luy M,Di Giulio P,Di Lego V,Lazarevič P,Sauerberg M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated quantitatively the efficiency and safety of, and influence of either prior arterial injury or immunity against adenovirus on adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into injured arteries of a relatively large animal model, the dog. A replication-defective adenovirus expressing bacterial lacZ was introduced perc...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ueno H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in middle and late age. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes are located in the nucleolus (nucleolar organizer regions = NORs). There are increased deposits of beta-amyloid protein in the brains of the patients with AD and aged individuals with Down's syndrome (...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dönmez-Altuntaş H,Akalin H,Karaman Y,Demirtaş H,Imamoğlu N,Ozkul Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00