Molecular biology of aging

Author(s)

• Guarente, Leonard
• Partridge, Linda
• Wallace, Douglas C.

Bibliographic Information

Molecular biology of aging

edited by Leonard P. Guarente, Linda Partridge, Douglas C. Wallace

（Cold Spring Harbor monograph series, 51）

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2008

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Research into the causes of aging, and strategies to delay that process, have gained much ground and attention in recent years. This volume covers the major threads in the molecular genetics of aging, including genes that regulate aging, causes of aging, evolutionary theories of aging, and the relationship between diet and aging. Among specific topics covered are calorie restriction, mitochondria, sirtuins, telomeres, stem cells, and cancer. Each chapter is written by one or more leaders in the field, and the book presents the current status of this exciting research area and provides an invaluable source of information in a single volume.

Table of Contents

• 1. The Human Mitochondrion and Pathophysiology of Aging and Age-related Diseases D.C. Wallace 2. Sirtuins: A Universal Link between NAD, Metabolism, and Aging S.-i. Imai and L. P. Guarente 3. Calorie Restriction in Lower Organisms S.L. Helfand, J.H. Bauer, and J.G. Wood 4. Evolutionary Theory in Aging Research S.N. Austad and T.B.L. Kirkwood 5. An Overview of the Biology of Aging: A Human Perspective G.M. Martin and C.E. Finch 6. p53, Cancer, and Longevity L.A. Donehower and A.J. Levine 7. Aging Processes in Caenorhabditis elegans H.A. Tissenbaum and T.E. Johnson 8. Cellular Senescence: A Link between Tumor Suppression and Organismal Aging? J.M. Sedivy, U.M. Munoz-Najar, J.C. Jeyapalan, and J. Campisi 9. Genome-wide Views of Aging Gene Networks S.K. Kim 10. Aging in Mammalian Stem Cells and Other Self-renewing Compartments D.J. Rossi and N.E. Sharpless 11. Yeast, A Feast: The Fruit Fly Drosophila as a Model Organism for Research into Aging L. Partridge and J. Tower 12. DNA Repair and Aging V.A. Bohr, D.M. Wilson, III, N.C. de Souza-Pinto, I. van der Pluijm, and J.H. Hoeijmakers 13. Extended Life Span in Mice with Reduction in the GH/IGF-1 Axis J.J. Kopchick, A. Bartke, and D.E. Berryman 14. Alzheimer's Disease: Genetics, Pathogenesis, Models, and Experimental Therapeutics P.C. Wong, D.L. Price, L. Bertram, and R.E. Tanzi 15. How Does Calorie Restriction Increase the Longevity of Mammals? R. Weindruch, R.J. Colman, V. P e9
• rez, and A.G. Richardson 16. Determination of Aging Rate by Coordinated Resistance to Multiple Forms of Stress G.J. Lithgow and R.A. Miller 17. Molecular Mechanisms of Aging: Insights from Budding Yeast S.-J. Lin and D. Sinclair 18. Genetics of Exceptional Longevity T.T. Perls and P. Sebastiani 19. Mammalian Metabolism in Aging P. Puigserver and C.R. Kahn 20. Telomeres and Telomerase in Aging and Cancer J.W. Shay and W.E. Wright Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA84793087
• ISBN:
  • 9780879698249
• LCCN: 2007032831
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 610 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QP86
  • NLM : WT 104
  • DC22 : 612.6/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aging -- Molecular aspects
  • MESH : Aging -- physiology
  • MESH : Aging -- genetics
  • MESH : Cell Aging -- physiology
  • MESH : Molecular Biology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00291337