[Could progeria be a model for the natural process of aging?].
Acceleration of ageing of urban populations causes the urgent need to carry out research in this area. One of the proposed models of investigation may be progeria. The most frequent syndromes of progeria and the way they are inherited were described. Molecular mechanisms which have essential influence on premature ageing in progeria were discussed. Moreover, their analogies with natural biological process were presented.
Herman
Waldemar A
WA
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Katarzyna
K
D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics*; D011371:Progeria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology