title: Lin28a--boost your energy for youthful regeneration.
abstract: The regenerative capacity of most tissues declines dramatically after embryonic development and during post-natal life. The underlying mechanisms of this phenomenon are incompletely understood. In a recent issue of Cell, Shyh-Chang and colleagues provide experimental evidence that Lin28 prolongs youthful regenerative capacity by increasing oxidative glucose metabolism (Shyh-Chang et al, 2013).
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Age Research Fritz Lippmann Institute, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Burkhalter
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Karl Lenhard
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rudolph
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins