Effects of age and turpentine-induced inflammation on the activity of ceruloplasmin from blood of CFY rats.

abstract：:When mouse peritoneal macrophages were cultured with oxidized human low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), storage of ceroid-like pigments was observed within the cells by light and fluorescent microscopy, and fluorescence spectrophotometry. The fluorescent products exhibit the characteristics of Schiff base structures, ha...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shimasaki H,Maeba R,Tachibana R,Ueta N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental evidence is reviewed which bears on the theory that aging in mammalian cells may be related to a decline in the efficiency of normal DNA repair processes. Although the data are as yet fragmentary, they do suggest that there is an age-associated decline in the capacity of cells to perform at least cert...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Little JB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined age- and diet-related alterations in RNA poly(A) tail length using high-resolution gel electrophoresis followed by Northern hybridization. The results demonstrate conclusively that there is no age-related decrease in the size of the Poly(A) tail of RNA isolated from the male Fischer 344 rat. In contrast, o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kristal BS,Conrad CC,Richarson A,Yu BP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age differences in decision-making are of theoretical interest and have important practical implications, but relevant lines of work are distributed across multiple disciplines and often lack integration. The present review proposes an overarching conceptual framework with the aim of connecting disjointed aspects of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Löckenhoff CE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia and aging determine on mammalian cells a stress response which implies modified production of oxidants, reactive oxygen species or reactive nitrogen species at the mitochondrial level, interfering with cell-signaling proteins and inducing mitochondrial damage, apoptosis occurrence and functional cons...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Zara S,Rapino M,Centurione L,di Giacomo V,Petruccelli G,Cataldi A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the problems associated with using random-source dogs to study in vivo vascular responses is their unknown background. Since aging is known to influence vascular responses, unknown variations in age could influence experimental results. The vast majority of aging studies examine arteries in vitro. This study wa...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kaiser L,Ptu S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown links between cognitive impairment and hypertension as well as mortality. However, combined effects of these two conditions on mortality have not been fully explored. OBJECTIVE:To assess the combined effect of cognitive impairment and hypertension on all-cause mortality among the...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gombojav B,Yi SW,Sull JW,Nam CM,Ohrr H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in French Polynesia, in 2013, and in Brazil, in 2015, was correlated with neurological complications, which comprised, among others, congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which includes a group of acute autoimmune neuropathies generally reported after respiratory or ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Savino W,Messias CV,Mendes-da-Cruz DA,Passos P,Ferreira AC,Nascimento OJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on the relationship between vestibular function and falls in older people is sparse. The perception of the postural vertical (PPV) provides an indicator measure of vestibular (otolith) function in the absence of visual input and diminished somatosensory feedback. OBJECTIVE:This study examined wheth...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Menant JC,St George RJ,Fitzpatrick RC,Lord SR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on 3 allergic disorders of persons coming up against venerable age: asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. The prevalence of allergic diseases in the elderly ranges from 5 to 10% and appears to be rising. A gradual decline in immune function, termed immunosenescence, and age-related chan...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Milgrom H,Huang H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The leading causes of death and disability in the elderly are from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The biological role of stem cells in the hematopoietic system has been well characterized and has led to the development of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) transplantation for the tre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Williams BA,Keating A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have demonstrated that measures of lower quality of care and associated adverse health effects are more prevalent in for-profit nursing homes compared to not-for-profit facilities. However, these studies omit persons who receive care in the community setting, and exclusively focus on isolated clinica...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Friedman L,Avila S,Friedman D,Meltzer W

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric measurements have been carried out on the human myenteric esophageal neurons at the ages of 20-40 and more than 70 years. The number of neurons decreases after 70 years of age, which is accompanied by an increase in the sizes of the neurons. In percentage terms the decrease in the number of neurons in the...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Meciano Filho J,Carvalho VC,de Souza RR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, vascular dementia (VD) has been responsible for the majority of all dementia cases in both epidemiological and neuropathological studies. Recently, however, several epidemiological investigations have shown that the rate of VD has decreased and senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) is now th...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Seno H,Ishino H,Inagaki T,Iijima M,Kaku K,Inata T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND; The link between experiencing difficulties in reading or understanding and non-compliance with drug treatment among seniors is not clearly established. OBJECTIVES:We measured the effect of both difficulties in reading, as well as difficulties in understanding prescription labelling, on non-compl...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Moisan J,Gaudet M,Grégoire JP,Bouchard R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, an increasing proportion of all forms of reactivation tuberculosis occurs in patients over the age of 60 years. Atypical presentations and presence of chronic illness obscure the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the elderly. Prompt diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and aggressive procedure...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nagami P,Yoshikawa TT

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we asked whether the increased production of two proinflammatory cytokines-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL6) in the absence of the inflammatory stimulus, a phenomenon frequently occurring in the elderly, may contribute to the decrease of natural killer (NK) cytotoxic activit...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Myśliwska J,Bryl E,Zorena K,Balon J,Foerster J,Myśliwski A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVES:Due to an increase in the percentage of older people in industrialized countries there is an increasing demand for medical care for the elderly. With advancing age, a series of structural, architectural and compositional modifications take place in the vasculature. Therefore, we analyzed the influence of pat...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kröger K,Strubel G,Poser M,Pratikto T,Renzing-Köhler K,Rudofsky G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral cavity is a reservoir for colonization and infection of systemic organs by pathogenic bacteria. It is understood that aging, tooth eruption, hormonal changes, active disease, oral hygiene, and other factors have an influence on biofilm formation and bacterial accumulation in the oral cavity. OBJECT...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Senpuku H,Sogame A,Inoshita E,Tsuha Y,Miyazaki H,Hanada N

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Even though poor lighting at nighttime is an important risk factor for falls (and most falls occur during the night), lighting interventions to improve nightly lighting from bed to bathroom are rarely evaluated for fall prevention. OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that an automated guiding light would red...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Thölking TW,Lamers ECT,Olde Rikkert MGM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae are the major cause of adult community-acquired pneumonia, especially in elderly persons with chronic medical conditions. Despite their well-documented efficacy against bacteraemic disease and deaths in the elderly population, pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines ar...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wagner C,Popp W,Posch M,Vlasich C,Rosenberger-Spitzy A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that lymphocytes from Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients are hypersensitive to ionising radiation, as revealed by their higher levels of dicentrics than those from age-matched, normal individuals. We have now examined the sensitivity of these cells to N-methyl-N-nitrosourea or methyl methanesul...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Tobi SE,Neary D,Itzhaki RF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is a complex and multifactorial disease that includes a decrease in the number, structure and physiology of muscle fibers, and age-related muscle mass loss, and is associated with loss of strength, increased frailty, and increased risk for fractures and falls. Treatment options are suboptimal and consist of...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Naranjo JD,Dziki JL,Badylak SF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The chronic stress of providing care for a spouse suffering from Alzheimer's disease has been associated with an increased risk for coronary artery disease and overall mortality. Procoagulant changes are kindled by mental stress, and they are prospectively associated with atherothrombotic events. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： von Kanel R,Dimsdale JE,Adler KA,Patterson TL,Mills PJ,Grant I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific activities of NAD-linked isocitric dehydrogenase were determined in hypothalamus, cerebellum, pons and medulla, striatum, midbrain, and cerebral cortex (which included the hippocampus) of the female Wistar rat. In ageing the specific activities of this enzyme were decreased in all regions. Chronic treatme...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Lai JC,Leung TK,Lim L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Declines in physical fitness can notably affect healthy aging of older adults. Multimodal exercise training regimen such as mind-body interventions (MBIs) has been reported to mitigate these aging-related declines of physical function. This meta-analytical review aimed at pooling the effects of MBIs on phy...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ebner SA,Meikis L,Morat M,Held S,Morat T,Donath L

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Each year, influenza and its complications account for 10,000-40,000 excess deaths in the United States. Over 80% of these deaths occur among the elderly. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the US Public Health Service and others recommend that all persons 65 years of age and older as well a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nichol KL,Margolis KL,Wouremna J,von Sternberg T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00