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Werner Syndrome as an example of inflamm-aging: possible therapeutic opportunities for a progeroid syndrome?
Rejuvenation research - 1 Jan 2006
Davis Terence, Kipling David
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome (WS) is a premature aging disorder that is widely used as a model for some aspects of the normal human aging process. Individuals with WS have several of the characteristics of normal aging, such as cataracts, hair graying, and skin aging, but manifest these at an early age. In addition, WS is associated with high levels of inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis and type II diabetes. Recent...
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