Abstract:
:The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using a recently developed procedure, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, to determine body composition in rats as a function of aging. Results were obtained that were consistent with previous findings for male rats.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Rikans LE,Venkataraman PS,Cai Ydoi
10.1016/0047-6374(93)90043-qsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-10-01 00:00:00pages
155-8issue
1-2eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
0047-6374(93)90043-Qjournal_volume
71pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The incidence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases is lower in Mediterranean Southern Europe than Northern Europe. This may be due to a lower level of oxidative stress and a higher antioxidant status in people living around the Mediterranean Sea. Oxidative stress may influence the rate of shortening of ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2012.04.003
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral mediating its biological function primarily through selenoproteins. Accumulated lines of evidence indicate important roles of selenoproteins in the maintenance of optimal brain functions via redox regulation. Decreased expression of several selenoproteins is associated with ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2010.02.006
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fluorescent microspheres were used to measure antibody-induced capping of leukocyte membrane proteins that are immunologically related to band 3, the anion exchanger of the erythrocyte. The degree of capping was found to increase with donor age. Surface labeling and capping characteristics of cells from healthy, age-m...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(94)01553-x
更新日期:1995-04-21 00:00:00
abstract::The plasma disappearance of endotoxin and endotoxin-induced hepatic injury were studied in two rat models: the aging rat and the subacutely hypervitaminotic A rat. The choice of these models was based on their respective association with a decreased or increased Kupffer cell endocytic activity. The half-life of endoto...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(87)90044-3
更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A comparison was made of the resting membrane potential (MP) as well as the MP responses to K+, ACTH and gamma-MSH of superfused adrenocortical, zona fasciculata cells from young (Y) and old (O) male rats. The resting MP of these cells did not vary with age. However, the MP responses to altered extracellular [K+] vari...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(88)90036-x
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This cross-sectional study was conducted among a rural elderly population of 725 individuals aged over 60 years from Eastern India to assess the association of multiple chronic diseases with frailty and dependence. Multimorbidity, frailty, and dependence were assessed using prevalidated tools. Regression models were u...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2020.111384
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Activity of (Na+,K+)ATP-ase measured by means of influx of 86Rb was compared in lymphocytes from young, middle-age and old people. It was found that the (sensitive to ouabain) activity of (Na+,K+)ATPase was significantly diminished in the lymphocytes from aged subjects. ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(85)90105-8
更新日期:1985-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cyclic AMP levels and activities of adenylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase in the striatum were measured in 4, 12, 24 and 30 month-old rats. No age-related changes were observed either in cyclic AMP levels or basal adenylate cyclase activity. However, there was an age-related decline in dopamine sensitivity of adenyl...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(77)90006-9
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Active vitamin D drugs are used for the treatment of osteoporosis in a number of countries, including Japan. However, their use is controversial. Here, we briefly discuss two issues that are important for understanding the role of active vitamin D (rather than plain vitamin D) in the treatment of osteoporosis: (1) whe...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00115-9
更新日期:2000-07-31 00:00:00
abstract::Mitochondrial DNA 5178 adenine/cytosine (mt5178 A/C) polymorphism is reportedly associated with longevity and susceptibility to age-related diseases in Japanese individuals. We previously reported an association between mt5178 A/C polymorphism and serum protein fraction levels in healthy Japanese women. An association...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(03)00110-6
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Antioxidants and telomere length are potential biomarkers for individuals' exposure and ability to cope with environmental stressors. However, intraspecific variations in antioxidant alterations due to natural, life cycle related stress, have been rarely estimated. We investigated those changes in wild-derived house m...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2017.10.002
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have developed a cell model for loss of differentiated gene expression in cellular aging. Over long periods in culture, bovine adrenocortical cells lose expression of a specialized gene, steroid 17 alpha-hydroxylase. The decline in expression of 17 alpha-hydroxylase in mass cultures and clones of bovine adrenocorti...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(91)90115-g
更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this study, we proposed a hypothesis that chromatin of mouse hepatocytes exhibits age-related reduction of fractal dimension. This hypothesis was based on previously published works demonstrating that complexity of biological systems such as tissues, decreases during the process of physiological aging. Liver tissue...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2016.07.002
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Structural changes of glycans are observed in different (patho)physiological conditions. Human placental membrane (glyco)proteins were isolated from the first and third trimester placentas of mothers at different ages. By using lectin microarray, we demonstrated that the placental membrane N-glycome contains several N...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2019.111151
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Levels of the beta-subunit of nerve growth factor (beta-NGF) were determined in various tissues from senescence-accelerated mice (SAM-P/8) and compared with those from senescence-resistant control mice (SAM-R/1) at 4 months of age. (1) In SAM-P/8, the testis was 30% larger in terms of wet weight than that from SAM-R/1...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(91)90082-b
更新日期:1991-06-14 00:00:00
abstract::The oral health of older people is changing with reducing numbers of people relying on complete dentures for function, and retaining some natural teeth. Despite this there are substantial numbers of older people whose ability to chew foods is compromised by their oral health status, either because they have few or no ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2004.07.011
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies on DNA repair in ageing have demonstrated increased frequencies of single and double strand breaks in lymphocytes from elderly subjects and, as a consequence, decreased efficiency in DNA replication. We have investigated the relationship between cell proliferation and the nuclear expression of ku prot...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00137-1
更新日期:1998-01-30 00:00:00
abstract::Confluent late passage WI-38 human diploid fibroblast cultures grown in the presence or absence of hydrocortisone for fifteen population doublings were measured cytochemically for DNA, nuclear RNA, basic nuclear protein and acidic nuclear protein content during a 12-hour interval following a medium-change stimulation....
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90059-2
更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this investigation the effect of 4 months of 40% restriction of calories on defined markers of oxidative, glycoxidative or lipoxidative damage to heart mitochondrial proteins was studied. The protein markers assessed were N(epsilon)-(carboxyethyl)lysine (CEL), N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), N(epsilon)-(mal...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(02)00076-3
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A few reports suggest that pigmented granules found in molluscan neurons accumulate with age as do lipofuscin granules in vertebrate cells; however, no reports on molluscan neurons include detailed descriptions of granule accumulation or histochemical tests to identify the pigment as lipofuscin-like. In this study lig...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(78)90052-0
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We examined physiological changes in CD5(+) B lymphocytes in mice associated with aging (from 1 or 5 to 50 weeks of age). The most predominant populations of lymphocytes among these mice were mainly CD5(-) B cells in the spleen and peritoneal cavity, and T cells in the thymus. However, in the spleen, CD5(+) B cells in...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00302-5
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated mitochondrial ageing in a temperate (Mya arenaria) and an Antarctic (Laternula elliptica) mud clam, with similar lifestyle (benthic filter feeders) but different maximum life spans (MLSP), 13 and 36 years, respectively. The short-lived temperate M. arenaria showed a more pronounced decrease in mitochon...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2005.02.002
更新日期:2005-05-01 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::Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity was enhanced in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by the combined stimulation with IFN-gamma plus IL-1beta, TNF-alpha and LPS which was accompanied by cell death. DNA analysis of the NOS induced dead HUVECs showed that internucleosomal DNA fragmentation had occurred, ...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(94)01579-b
更新日期:1995-06-30 00:00:00
abstract::The release of cytokines is of crucial importance in the regulation of the type and magnitude of the immune response in the elderly. A number of studies have shown different levels of cytokine production in the elderly. In the present study, a range of polymorphisms were chosen within the genes of cytokines (IL-2, IL-...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(02)00132-x
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies show that cellular and mitochondrial iron increases with age. Iron overload, especially in mitochondria, increases the availability of redox-active iron, which may be a causal factor in the extensive age-related biomolecular oxidative damage observed in aged organisms. Such damage is thought to play a m...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2010.04.007
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Some observations on cellular senescence are discussed regarding the possibility that the postulated genes, which bring about the DNA synthesis block of senescent fibroblasts, might be similar to those designated as anti-oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes. The latter genes have been defined by tumorogenicity tests o...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(90)90044-g
更新日期:1990-04-30 00:00:00
abstract::This study aimed to assess platelets as a possible model for screening the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations, particularly during normal ageing. For this purpose we isolated platelets from young and old donors selected by lack of systemic and haematological diseases. We studied the accumulation of a particul...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00181-4
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multimorbidity and depression are complex multifactorial conditions with major implications for older individuals, their families, and healthcare providers. In this scoping review, we aimed to 1) review findings from longitudinal epidemiological studies investigating the association between multimorbidity and depressi...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2020.111383
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The cerebellum is exquisitely sensitive to deficiencies in the cellular response to specific DNA lesions. Genetic disorders caused by such deficiencies involve relentless, progressive cerebellar atrophy with striking loss of Purkinje and granule neurons. The reason for the extreme sensitivity of these cells to defecti...
journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2013.04.001
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00