Overview

Aging is the progressive decline in biological functions over time. This decline targets macromolecules, cells, tissues and, as a consequence, whole organisms. Despite considerable progress in the development of testable hypothesis concerning aging in an evolutionary context, a unifying theory of the molecular/physiological mechanistic causes of aging has not been reached. In fact, is it not clear to what extent aging is a programmed or stochastic process. This book takes the reader from unicellular bacterial deterioration via senescence in fungi and worms to aging in rodents and humans, allowing a comparative view on similarities and differences in different genetic model systems. The different model systems are scrutinized in the light of contemporary aging hypothesis, such as the free radical and genomic instability theories.

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Author:   Thomas Nystrom ,  Heinz D. Osiewacz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9783642056987

ISBN 10:   3642056989
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   22 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Conditional senescence in prokaryotes.- Aging and mitochondrial dysfunction in the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina.- Mitochondria, metabolism, and aging in yeast.- Yeast as a model for ageing and apoptosis research.- Energy metabolism, anti-oxidant defense and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.- Do green plants age, and if so, how?.- Mammalian and bird aging, oxygen radicals, and restricted feeding.- Aging and the programmed death phenomena.- The human Werner Syndrome as a model system for aging.- Role of subcytotoxic stress in tissue ageing.

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