Abstract:
:Women enjoy a superior longevity, possibly at the price of a heavy loss of female conceptuses at an early stage of gestation. An immunological mechanism is proposed. A theory of selection at implantation is developed and generalized which leads to a new approach of longevity.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Vernier MCdoi
10.1016/0047-6374(77)90007-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1977-01-01 00:00:00pages
59-65issue
1eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
0047-6374(77)90007-0journal_volume
6pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The most relevant theories on the sex-dependent longevity at population level are critically re-examined in the light of the knowledge available today on the aging process at cellular and molecular level. The aim of this perspective is to help in the understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of longevity and t...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(93)90091-5
更新日期:1993-12-15 00:00:00
abstract::A quantitative ultrastructural study of the posterior pituitary was undertaken. The posterior pituitary is the storage of the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin. Female C57BL/Icrfat mice which were under conditions of normal hydration were sampled at 8 and 32 months of age. There was a slight age-related decline in the...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90069-5
更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of physical training on balance, strength, and general well-being in adult people with intellectual disability (ID). This study evaluated how physical training can effect physical and psychological change among 'older' adults with mild ID. Participants consisted of n...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2004.08.021
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Possible alterations in the population of poly(A)(+)mRNA during ageing were investigated by translation in vitro of poly(A)(+)mRNA from the liver, kidney and brain of male ddY mice of different ages. [35S]Methionine-labeled translation products were analysed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis follow...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(83)90063-5
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Accumulation of oxidative DNA damage in the human brain has been implicated in etiologies of post-traumatic and age-associated declines in neuronal function. In neurons, because of high metabolic rates and prolonged life span, exposure to free radicals is intense and risk for accumulation of damaged DNA is amplified. ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2008.02.001
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this study, we showed that in flies kept for 2 weeks at 1 (terrestrial gravity), 3 or 5 x g (hypergravity, HG) before transfer to 1 x g, resistance to heat remained higher in HG flies for several weeks after the transfer. The measurement of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) indicated no induction of the protein in HG, ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00024-x
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hepatocytes isolated from 6-, 12-, 18-, and 30-month-old female Fischer F344 rats were examined by scanning electron microscopy. No significant change in cell size with age was observed. However, the surface morphology of the cells isolated from the older animals exhibited a significant increase in surface folds. This...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90023-3
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aging is accompanied by the accumulation of cellular damage over time in response to stress, lifestyle and environmental factors ultimately leading to age-related diseases and death. Additionally, the number of senescent cells increases with age. Senescence is most likely not a static endpoint, it represents a series ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2017.07.007
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is an alteration of the immune response in aging that leads to the increased incidence of infections, cancers and autoimmune disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether there exists changes in signal transduction under the IL-2 receptor stimulation and the role of plasma membrane cholester...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00274-3
更新日期:2001-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::To further explore whether immune function and acute phase response are altered during ageing, the response to a mild inflammatory stress (DT-Polio-Typhim vaccination) was studied in elderly and young subjects. Cytokine production (IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-10) by whole blood cultures, circulating cytokines and a...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2005.03.008
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Scavenger receptor B1 (SR-B1) is a trans-membrane protein, involved in tissue reverse cholesterol transport. Several studies have demonstrated that SR-B1 is also implicated in other physiological processes, such as bacteria and apoptotic cells recognition and regulation of intracellular tocopherol and carotenoids leve...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2017.11.006
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the present study, a number of physiological and behavioral measures that are related to metabolism were continuously monitored in 19-month-old male Fischer 344 rats that were fed ad libitum or fed a caloric restricted diet. Caloric restricted rats ate fewer meals but consumed more food during each meal and spent m...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(89)90044-4
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The paper of Kitani cited in the title has raised an apparent contradiction regarding the validity of certain aspects of the membrane hypothesis of aging (MHA). He collected data showing that a number of detoxifying liver enzyme activities, although decline with age in male Fischer 344 rats, remain at an unchanged lev...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00237-8
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Specific T-cell cytotoxic responses to allogeneic and hapten-modified syngeneic cells decrease with age. In order to determine the causes of these reduced T-cell cytotoxic responses, spleen cells from individual young and senescent C57BL/6J female mice were mixed in various proportions in culture with either X-irradia...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(84)90135-0
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cell-free protein synthesis by mouse liver ribosomes was examined as a function of the age of individual ribosome donors. In two strains of mouse, one long-lived and one short-lived, both the fraction of polyribosomes and the rate of in vitro ribosomal protein synthesis remained essentially constant throughout the lif...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90049-x
更新日期:1981-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::It has been shown that enhanced levels of p53 activity contribute to reduced cancer susceptibility in mice, however longevity is compromised due to the onset of an early-ageing phenotype. The effects of enhanced levels of p53 in these in mice could therefore have implications for human premature ageing disorders. We e...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(03)00007-1
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels have been observed in mammals during aging, implying an important role of ROS in the aging process. Most bird species are known to live longer and to contain lower ROS levels than mammals of the same body weight. The influence of ROS on the aging process of birds has been ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2009.11.005
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The strychnine-insensitive binding of [3H]glycine was characterized in purified cerebral cortical membranes from mice aged from 7 days to 22 months. The binding was saturable, exhibiting only one component during the whole life-span studied. The binding constant KD did not change during development and ageing, whereas...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(93)90131-a
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present evidence of feed-forward loop relationships and positive association between physical activity and performance levels, which are components of frailty, using measures from 431 high functioning women initially aged 70-79 years followed over 7 visits. Physical activity levels were assessed using a questionnai...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2014.08.001
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is generally accepted that free-radical induced blood lipid peroxidation and especially peroxidized LDL play a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular disease. Moreover, recent research highlights the key contribution of apolipoprotein B (apo B) to atherogenesis as the main in...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00169-x
更新日期:2000-10-20 00:00:00
abstract::Aging and HIV disease show certain immunological similarities. In both situations, control over viral infection is diminished, and there is an increase in certain types of cancer. The immune cell type responsible for controlling viral infections and cancer is the so-called CD8 or cytotoxic T cell. In elderly persons a...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2003.11.003
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mouse mammary gland displays an irreversible decline in growth rate when propagated by serial transplantation in gland-free mammary fat pads of isogeneic mice. Because transplanted fragments of gland contain both mammary epithelial and stromal elements, the present study was undertaken to distinguish between two possi...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(83)90026-x
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated the production of IL-2 and IFN-gamma (Th1 type) and IL-4 (Th2 type) cytokines by mitogen-activated spleen cells from young, adult and old mice. Cytokine production was evaluated in culture supernatants by CTLL proliferation (IL-2), ELISA (IFN-gamma), CT4.S proliferation (IL-4) and in mRNA extracted fro...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(96)01825-8
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Type I and II macrophage scavenger receptors are implicated in the pathologic deposition of cholesterol during the atherogenesis. There is a charged collagen structure of type I and II receptors identified as a ligand binding domain, which can recognize a wide range of negatively charged macromolecules including oxidi...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00079-2
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chondrocytes derived from chick embryos can be successfully implanted in defects of adult chick articular cartilage surfaces. Such implants thrive in their implantation site and create a new articular surface. The chondrocytes mature and hypertrophy in the orthotopic site without invoking an immune response. Eventuall...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(89)90060-2
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present report analyzes the suppressor cell system of aged rats in an experimental model of autoimmunity to rat male accessory glands (RAG). A state of specific suppression to RAG was induced when young rats are pretreated with peritoneal cells (PC) obtained from syngeneic young rats i.p. injected 2 h previously w...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(94)90005-1
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::To test the hypothesis that the aging mammalian heart and brain might have increased vulnerability to acute stress, DNA fragmentation was studied after hypoxia-reoygenation in young adult (6 months) and old (22-24 months) F344 rats. Heart and brain tissue were examined at the following time points: 30, 60, or 90 min o...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00048-2
更新日期:1999-12-07 00:00:00
abstract::Skeletal muscle ageing is characterized by faulty degenerative/regenerative processes that promote the decline of its mass, strength, and endurance. In this study, we used a transcriptional profiling method to better understand the molecular pathways and factors that contribute to these processes. To more appropriatel...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2009.11.001
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The development and aging of the nucleolus and nucleus in layer V pyramidal cells in the hamster cerebrum were studied by light and electron microscopy. The nucleoli appeared in the newborn as occasional fibrillar masses adjacent to peripherally placed bodies of chromatin. By maturity, a single, generally central, nuc...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90043-9
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the present study was to measure protein synthesis in regenerating liver and to evaluate the impact of malnutrition in young and old rats. Two groups of male Wistar rats were used: young rats (4 months old) and old rats (18 months old). The rats were allocated to malnutrition or ordinary food intake for 1 w...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(96)01779-4
更新日期:1996-10-04 00:00:00