Abstract：
:A comparison is made between how bacteria and men use their DNA to accomplish any major biological function. To make this comparison, a modified cybernetic analysis was used. This new type of cybernetic analysis makes a distinction between controlled and regulated systems and may permit an extension of cybernetics into new areas of biology. Prokaryotes have only regulated systems for all major functions, whereas eukaryotes can have both regulated and controlled systems. Several lines of reasoning, including the new cybernetic analysis, suggest that death, as opposed to aging, may be a regulated function in mammals. By analogy with other major regulated developmental functions in mammals, it is also suggested that the hypothalamic-pituitary axis may be the site for the regulation of the time of death. An example of how the pituitary might act on the DNA of peripheral cells to cause possible, severe loss of functional capacity is given by some recent experiments with RNA polymerase activity of liver nuclei from rats of different ages and with different endocrine states.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Denckla WDdoi
10.1016/0047-6374(77)90015-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1977-03-01 00:00:00pages
143-52issue
2eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
0047-6374(77)90015-Xjournal_volume
6pub_type
杂志文章,评审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：: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：: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：:In this article we review the abnormalities in immune function which have been described in relation to ageing. It is suggested that thymic involution may not be the only underlying cause. Many similar changes can be induced by the endotoxins from the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria. The colon is a large reposito...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(84)90091-5
更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:Several laboratory animal models have shown that dietary energy restriction (ER) can promote longevity and improve various health aspects in old age. However, whether the entire spectrum of ER-induced short- and long-term physiological and metabolic adaptions is translatable to humans remains to be determined. In this...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2020.111364
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Epigenetic modifications, including changes in DNA methylation, have been implicated in a wide range of diseases including neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's. The role of dietary folate in providing methyl groups required for maintenance and modulation of DNA methylation makes it a nutrient of interest in Alzhe...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2017.10.001
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Iron deficiency anaemia is prevalent in older age, particularly after the age of 80. Serum ferritin concentrations also decline, although there is no evidence to suggest that changes in iron stores are an inevitable consequence of ageing. Chronic inflammation is a common condition in older people, making the measureme...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2013.11.005
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Age-specific mortality from carcinoma of the prostate was analyzed by drawing a line between the value at age 52 years and that at age 87. Slope of the line was relatively constant for the pooled years 1962-1966, 1967-1971 and 1972-1976 (maximum variation from the mean of 4.5%). However, the slope was 17.7% greater fo...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(95)01608-3
更新日期：1995-08-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Long-term cultures of human umbilical endothelial cells were examined for changes in cell growth, cell density, cell volume, occurrence of multinucleated cells, prostacyclin production and negative charge of the cell surface during in vitro cellular ageing. The changes observed were consistent with the previously desc...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(88)90119-4
更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Age is the only one non-modifiable risk of cerebral ischemia. Advances in stroke medicine and behavioral adaptation to stroke risk factors and comorbidities was successful in decreasing stroke incidence and increasing the number of stroke survivors in western societies. Comorbidities aggravates the outcome after cereb...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2020.111312
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To investigate age-related changes in gene expression in WI-38 cells, we isolated RNA from young and senescent, quiescent cultures and made subtracted cDNA libraries. Density-arrested cells were incubated in serum-free MCDB-104 for 3 days. RNA was then isolated and subtracted cDNA libraries were made in the phagemid v...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(92)90039-g
更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The serotonin content of platelets, serum and plasma from rats of various ages was examined. In male rats, platelet serotonin content, which was about 0.65 nmol/10(8) platelets at young age (6-7 months), increased slightly at middle age (12-14 months) but decreased markedly at old age (25-26 months). Significant diffe...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(89)90008-0
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To investigate the relationship between immunological potential and advance of age, patterns of humoral immune response in different aged rabbits were compared. In the primary response, the appearance of total antibody and the arrival to its peak level were retarded by advance of age. On the other hand, the appearance...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(76)90038-5
更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A method has been developed for the direct measurement of genetic variants in mammalian cells in culture which does not require cell division and is therefore suitable for ageing studies. Previous evidence suggests that these variants are mutations. The variant frequency was measured during the lifespan of populations...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90074-5
更新日期：1979-04-01 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：:In this paper, I attempt to address the problem of how to model the survival curve in the early lifespan years; the neonatal years. I present a general model for a two group population in which the first group represents early stage failure and the second group represents the classical Gompertzian failure. After calcu...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(86)90026-6
更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Age-related changes in blood-brain barrier permeability to macromolecules were investigated during electrically induced seizures. Evans-blue was used as the barrier tracer. There was no change in the permeability of the blood brain barrier associated with aging in the rats. However, the extravasation of Evans-blue alb...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(90)90097-y
更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The age changes of neural control over the function of the thyroid, adrenal cortex and testicles were examined in adult (6 months) and old (28 months) male rats. In old age, there was a weakening of adrenergic control of thyroidogenesis, alpha-adrenergic and M-cholinergic control of glucocorticoid function of the adre...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(90)90165-c
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:At various time intervals (10, 15, 20, 25, 30 min) after injection of 3H-fucose into the medial septal nucleus of young adult (3 months old) and senescent (25 months old) Fischer-344 rats, the specific activities of trichloroacetic acid-phosphotungstic acid (TCA-PTA) soluble and insoluble fractions were determined in ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(77)90038-0
更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Quantitative interference microscopy was used to determine changes in nuclear and nucleolar indices (dry mass and cross-sectional area) in upper and lower epidermal cells and adjacent leaf-margin hair cells of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum L.) leaves over a 42-day period (after leaves emerged above the ground li...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(96)01804-0
更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00
abstract：:The ability of resting and dividing rabbit articular chondrocytes to repair low doses of ultraviolet (UV) damage was measured through removal of UV endonuclease-sensitive sites (ESS, pyrimidines dimers) as measured by alkaline elution. The repair of damage was significantly (P less than 0.001) greater in dividing than...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(87)90018-2
更新日期：1987-09-30 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：:The effect of various immunosuppressive treatments on mean life-span and disease incidence have been studied. Significant life shortening was seen only in mice which recieved X-irradiation early in life and can be ascribed primarily to an increased incidence of certain malignancies. Marginal life shortening was seen i...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(75)90027-5
更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Changes in glycosaminoglycans during in vitro aging were investigated in human diploid fibroblasts. The cells were found to produce predominantly hyaluronate and smaller amounts of chondroitin 4-sulfate, chondroitin 6-sulfate, dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate. Accumulation of heparan sulfate on the cell surface wa...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(81)90071-3
更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have isolated a new type of Paramecium tetraurelia mutant, named rie-2, that has a long immaturity period until autogamy. We previously isolated such an autogamy mutant, designated rie-1. These two mutants had some additional common features such as dependence of the occurrence of autogamy on the temperature, invol...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2005.01.010
更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The lifespan of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, can be extended by mutations affecting components of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling cascade or by overexpression of SIR2, an NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase. The mammalian homologue of SIR2, Sirt1, has been shown to modulate the activity of FoxO,...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2005.04.006
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Caloric restriction has been extensively investigated as an intervention that both extends lifespan and delays age-related disease in mammals. In mice, much interest has centered on evaluating gene expression changes induced by caloric restriction (CR) in particular tissue types, but the overall systemic effect of CR ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2007.11.003
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have examined newly synthesized proteins in the young adult and in older populations of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE). A temperature-sensitive mutant strain, DH26, with a mean life span of about 15 days, under our conditions, was used to block...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(85)90118-6
更新日期：1985-05-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Evolution of longevity of the ungulates, carnivores and primates is reviewed. Special emphasis is focused on recent evolutionary history of longevity along the hominid ancestral-descendant sequence leading to modern man. Maximum life span potential (MLP) or the change in MLP is predicted in extinct species by (1) a ph...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90110-6
更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00
