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Doubled lifespan and patient-like pathologies in progeria mice fed high-fat diet.
Aging cell - 1 Feb 2019
Kreienkamp Ray, Billon Cyrielle, Bedia-Diaz Gonzalo, Albert Carolyn J, Toth Zacharie, Butler Andrew A, McBride-Gagyi Sara, Ford David A, Baldan Angel, Burris Thomas P, Gonzalo Susana
Abstract excerpt
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is a devastating premature aging disease. Mouse models have been instrumental for understanding HGPS mechanisms and for testing therapies, which to date have had only marginal benefits in mice and patients. Barriers to developing effective therapies include the unknown etiology of progeria mice early death, seemingly unrelated to the reported atherosclerosis...
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