[Progerin and Its Role in Accelerated and Natural Aging].

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Well-known theories of aging suggest that a certain metabolic defect negatively affects vital activity of the cell, be it oxidative stress, the accumulation of lesions in DNA, the exhaustion of telomeres, or distorted epigenetic processes. The theory of aging considered in the review postulates that an accumulation of progerin on the inner side of the nuclear envelope underlies the above defects. Progerin is a...

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