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Intestine-specific removal of DAF-2 nearly doubles lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans with little fitness cost.
Nature communications - 25 Oct 2022
Zhang Yan-Ping, Zhang Wen-Hong, Zhang Pan, Li Qi, Sun Yue, Wang Jia-Wen, Zhang Shaobing O, Cai Tao, Zhan Cheng, Dong Meng-Qiu
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-nine years following the breakthrough discovery that a single-gene mutation of daf-2 doubles Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan, it remains unclear where this insulin/IGF-1 receptor gene is expressed and where it acts to regulate ageing. Using knock-in fluorescent reporters, we determined that daf-2 and its downstream transcription factor daf-16 are expressed ubiquitously. Using tissue-specific targeted...
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