Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into injured arteries: quantitative analysis of repeated administration.

abstract：:Induced tyrosine aminotransferase from adult and old rat liver was purified and its properties were studied. No differences could be detected for any physicochemical properties studied, i.e. specific activity, molecular weight, isoelectric point, thermostability, sensitivity to trypsin, Km for pyridoxal phosphate. Mor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szajnert MF,Schapira F

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve growth factor (NGF), discovered because of its action on cells in the peripheral and the central nervous system, is now known to act also on immune cells in developing and adult subjects. Whether peripheral lymphocytes of aged subjects are responsive to this molecule is less clear. OBJECTIVE:Aim of ou...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Antonelli A,Bracci-Laudiero L,Aloe L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ageing and of 6 months of Hydergine treatment on lipofuscin deposition within the cytoplasma of pyramidal neurons of rat prefrontal cortex, hippocampus (fields CA1 and CA3) and of Purkinje neurons were assessed microfluorimetrically. No lipofuscin autofluorescence was detected in the nerve cell populati...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Amenta D,Ferrante F,Franch F,Amenta F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myostatin has been proposed as a candidate biomarker for frailty and sarcopenia. However, the relationship of myostatin with these conditions remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE:To determine the association of serum myostatin concentration with body composition, physical fitness, physical activity level, and fr...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Arrieta H,Hervás G,Rezola-Pardo C,Ruiz-Litago F,Iturburu M,Yanguas JJ,Gil SM,Rodriguez-Larrad A,Irazusta J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with a decline in renal concentrating ability in response to dehydration-induced arginine vasopressin (AVP) release. To examine target tissue sensitivity, cortical collecting tubules (CCT) were individually microdissected from young (3 months), middle-aged (2-3 years) and old (4-5.5 years) rabbits ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wilson PD,Dillingham MA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Granacher et al. (2010) proposed an intergenerational approach to promoting balance and strength for fall prevention in children and elderly subjects together. Although this sounds like a stimulating idea, its effectiveness for fall prevention in both groups has yet to be demonstrated. Undoubtedly, fall prev...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Burtscher M,Kopp M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with far-reaching changes in physiological functions resulting in morbidity and ultimately death. Age-related frailty, insecurity and reduced physical activity contribute to a progressive loss of muscle mass and function, commonly referred to as sarcopenia. Due to the increase in life expectancy in...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Arnold AS,Egger A,Handschin C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressed mood may either precede mobility limitation or follow from mobility limitation. OBJECTIVE:To compare mood status among people with manifest mobility limitation, those with preclinical mobility limitation and those without mobility limitation and investigate factors explaining the association betwe...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hirvensalo M,Sakari-Rantala R,Kallinen M,Leinonen R,Lintunen T,Rantanen T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationships between upper extremity function (UEF) and mortality, need for social assistance and change of residence, at discharge from hospital and at 1 month following discharge. METHODS:Observational, cohort study. SETTING:Acute Geriatric Unit of a Tertiary Teaching Hospital. SUBJECTS:3...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Abizanda P,Navarro JL,Romero L,León M,Sánchez-Jurado PM,Domínguez L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:To determine the influence of age, disease and other factors on anthropometric indices in elderly subjects aged 70 years and above, body mass index (BMI), arm muscle circumference (AMC), corrected arm muscle area (CAMA), fat-free mass (FFM) and total body fat (TBF) were determined in a random sample of 990 Chinese men...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Woo J,Ho SC,Sham A,Yuen YK,Chan SG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein malnutrition is associated with a decreased febrile and acute phase response to infection and increased mortality. To elucidate a cause for this poor response, we assessed the effect of chronic protein malnutrition on monocyte production of the pyrogens interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Thi...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bradley SF,Vibhagool A,Fabrick S,Terpenning MS,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of long-stay patients (defined as those staying more than 6 months) have been studied in a prospective series of 2,405 admissions. 5.6% become long-stay patients and they were more likely to be women, to be readmissions, to have been admitted from an old people's home, to have been non-emergency ad...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hodkinson I,Hodkinson HM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three mouse lineages it was found that during the 18- to 60-day interval after formalin fixation, brain weight was inversely proportional to the age at sacrifice, as was the decline in the weight of the brain during this period. In a second study using rat subjects it was confirmed that the aging difference is due ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Douglas RJ,Clark GM,Truncer PC,Treneer CM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of ceruloplasmin (CP) increased 3-fold in rat blood between 1 week and 20 months of age, but the difference in CP activity of adult and old rats was only 14%, which still is statistically significant (p less than 0.01). The increase in NaCl and KCl concentrations in vitro resulted in the same exponential ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Semsei I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological rhythms of rectal temperature were documented in young (circadian variations) and elderly (circadian and seasonal variations) human subjects either in apparent good health or suffering from senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT). All the subjects were synchronized. Data obtained showed a decrease of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Touitou Y,Reinberg A,Bogdan A,Auzéby A,Beck H,Touitou C

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Acquisition of immunologic self-tolerance by clonal deletion in the thymus is concluded to be a critical process in immune aging and is found to be transiently protected from genetic instability by means of a feedback surveillance which functions at the expense of chronic thymic involution. In the immune control of ma...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hartwig M

更新日期：1994-01-01 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:There is concern that people living in residential care in Australia make significant and often inappropriate use of acute in-patient hospital services. To date, no factual information has been collected in Australia and its absence may allow myths and negative stereotypes to proliferate. OBJECTIVE:To deter...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Finucane P,Wundke R,Whitehead C,Williamson L,Baggoley C

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults have surprisingly high levels of well-being, which has been referred to as a paradox in the past. Improved emotion regulation has been suggested to underlie these high levels of well-being. Later life is also a period with enhanced exposure to critical life events, and this comes with risks. During such t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brose A,Ebner-Priemer UW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wheelchairs are frequently prescribed for residents with mobility impairments in long-term care. Many residents receive poorly fitting wheelchairs, compromising functional independence and mobility, and contributing to subsequent health issues such as pressure ulcers. The extent of this problem and the facto...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Giesbrecht EM,Mortenson WB,Miller WC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anion exchange (AE) proteins are present in human neurons in the brain. Immunohistochemical data indicate that their apparent expression level increases with age, and especially with degeneration in Alzheimer's disease-affected brain areas. The increase in immunoreactivity is probably caused by changes in AE structure...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bosman GJ,Renkawek K,Van Workum FP,Bartholomeus IG,De Grip WJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is usually assumed that Lamarckian inheritance does not and cannot occur, molecular mechanisms by which non-mutational changes acquired in one generation can be transmitted to the next are now known. These mechanisms involve changes in chromatin structure, rather than changes in DNA base sequence. It is ar...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Jablonka E,Lamb MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity was measured in whole brain, different brain areas, liver and heart of 23- to 26-month-old rats, and then compared to matched animals of 3 months. A significant increase of GS activity was found in whole brain (25%) of old rats, as well as in all brain areas studied, but particularly...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cao Danh H,Strolin Benedetti M,Dostert P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developmental researchers use a variety of research designs to examine aging-related changes. Most longitudinal studies of aging are based on research designs that feature successive, widely spaced, assessments to estimate changes in cognitive performance. Such designs assume that short-term variations in co...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Martin M,Hofer SM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antinuclear antibodies, anticardiolipin antibodies and IgM rheumatoid factor were determined in 300 healthy aged subjects, comparing their prevalence to that in 100 healthy subjects aged between 19 and 44 years and 352 patients under 65 years of age, affected by various systemic rheumatic diseases. Increased productio...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ruffatti A,Rossi L,Calligaro A,Del Ross T,Lagni M,Marson P,Todesco S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective surveillance of nosocomial infection was conducted at seven skilled proprietary nursing facilities in Orange County, Calif., USA. The average incidence of facility-acquired infection was 5.2 infections/1,000 patient days. The most common source of infection was urinary tract (47%), followed by respiratory ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Lee YL,Thrupp LD,Friis RH,Fine M,Maleki P,Cesario TC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging may be defined as gradual and progressive changes in an organism that increase the probability of death. Accumulating evidence now indicates that the sum of deleterious free radical reactions going on continuously throughout cells and tissues constitutes the aging process or is a major contributor to i...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Martins Chaves M,Prates Rodrigues AL,Pereira dos Reis A,Gerzstein NC,Nogueira-Machado JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For logarithmically growing cultures of the human diploid cell lines WI-38 and WI-26, there is an exponential increase in the fraction of cells not incorporating [3H]dT under conditions of continuous labelling. Thymidine uptake, phosphorylation and incorporation into DNA can be correlated with cell proliferation. In a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cristofalo VJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00