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The relationship between apoptosis and aging

2012-01-01

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Apoptosis is involved in aging and age-related disease, with respect to aging, apoptosis acting in a celltype-specific manner. The rate of apoptosis is elevated in-most types of aging cell populations and organs. In stable cells and certain continuously dividing cells, apoptosisserves to eliminate presumably dysfunctional cellsthat show homeostatic failure due to oxidative stress, glycation, and DNA damage, thereb...

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def9acce-9c00-53a8-b816-655da149b3cf
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10.4236/abb.2012.326091
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