Mitochondria and aging: innocent bystanders or guilty parties?

• Authors: K. Tonska , A. Solyga , E. Bartnik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

. There are many theories of aging and a number of them encompass the role of mitochondria in this process. Mitochondrial DNA mutations and deletions have been shown to accumulate in many tissues in mammals during aging. However, there is little evidence that these mutations could affect the functioning of aging tissues.

Keywords

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MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SKIN

Discipline

• GENETICS: GENETICS

• Publisher: Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Journal of Applied Genetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-62

Contributors

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K. Tonska

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A. Solyga

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E. Bartnik

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: E. Bartnik, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02?106 Warsaw, Poland