title: Aging and genome maintenance: lessons from the mouse?
abstract: Recent progress in the science of aging is driven largely by the use of model systems, ranging from yeast and nematodes to mice. These models have revealed conservation in genetic pathways that balance energy production and its damaging by-products with pathways that preserve somatic maintenance. Maintaining genome integrity has emerged as a major factor in longevity and cell viability. Here we discuss the use of mouse models with defects in genome maintenance for understanding the molecular basis of aging in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA. hastye@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hasty
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campisi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoeijmakers
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Steeg
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vijg
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics; D019588:Aging, Premature / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D004249:DNA Damage; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases; D016678:Genome; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D053484:RecQ Helicases; D013577:Syndrome; D016615:Telomere / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D000071657:Werner Syndrome Helicase
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases; D004265:DNA Helicases; D053484:RecQ Helicases; C098785:WRN protein, human; D000071657:Werner Syndrome Helicase