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Recapitulation of anti-aging phenotypes by global, but not by muscle-specific, deletion of PAPP-A in mice.
GeroScience - 1 Apr 2023
Li Xinna, Hager Mary, McPherson Madaline, Lee Michael, Hagalwadi Riha, Skinner Mary E, Lombard David, Miller Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), a protease that cleaves some but not all IGF1 binding proteins, postpones late-life diseases and extends lifespan in mice, but the mechanism of this effect is unknown. Here we show that PAPP-A knockout (PKO) mice display a set of changes, in multiple tissues, that are characteristic of other varieties of slow-aging mice with alterations in GH production...
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