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Mitotic misregulation and human aging.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 31 Mar 2000
Ly D H, Lockhart D J, Lerner R A, Schultz P G
Abstract excerpt
Messenger RNA levels were measured in actively dividing fibroblasts isolated from young, middle-age, and old-age humans and humans with progeria, a rare genetic disorder characterized by accelerated aging. Genes whose expression is associated with age-related phenotypes and diseases were identified. The data also suggest that an underlying mechanism of the aging process involves increasing errors in the mitotic...
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