Article
[Molecular bases of cardiac aging].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 22 Jul 1992
Carrier L, Chassagne C, Boheler K R, Schwartz K
Abstract excerpt
The total volume occupied by myocytes in the heart decreases with age, and this is accompanied by a loss of myocytes, by hypertrophy and, to a lesser extent, by hyperplasia of the remaining myocytes. There are differences between ventricles: the right ventricular myocytes have a greater capacity for replication than those of the left ventricle. The expression of genes coding for the 2 principal contractile...
Topics
- Actins
- Adult
- Aged
- Aging
- Cardiomegaly
- Heart
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Myosins
- Phenotype
