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Iron accumulation during cellular senescence.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jun 2004
Killilea David W, Wong Stephanie L, Cahaya Hendry S, Atamna Hani, Ames Bruce N
Abstract excerpt
Iron accumulates as a function of age and is associated with the pathology of numerous age-related diseases. These changes may be caused by altered iron homeostasis at the cellular level, yet this is poorly understood. Therefore, changes in iron content in primary human fibroblasts were studied in culture models of cellular senescence. Total iron content increased exponentially during cellular senescence,...
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