A biochemical marker for differentiation is present in an in vitro aging cell system.

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In this study it is shown that in an in vitro aging cell system of human diploid fibroblasts the ratio of the histone variants H2A.1/H2A.2 decreases in a linear manner as a function of cumulative population doublings This ratio is known to decrease during differentiation. This finding reinforces the theory that cellular aging is a result of differentiation and programmed cell death rather than degeneration.

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