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Reduced insulin/IGF-1 signalling and human longevity.
Aging cell - 1 Apr 2005
van Heemst Diana, Beekman Marian, Mooijaart Simon P, Heijmans Bastiaan T, Brandt Bernd W, Zwaan Bas J, Slagboom P Eline, Westendorp Rudi G J
Abstract excerpt
Evidence is accumulating that aging is hormonally regulated by an evolutionarily conserved insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS) pathway. Mutations in IIS components affect lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and mice. Most long-lived IIS mutants also show increased resistance to oxidative stress. In D. melanogaster and mice, the long-lived phenotype of several IIS mutants is restricted to...
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