Hallmarks of senescence and aging

S Dodig, I Čepelak, I Pavić - Biochemia medica, 2019 - hrcak.srce.hr
Biochemia medica, 2019hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The complex process of biological aging, as an intrinsic feature of living beings, is
the result of genetic and, to a greater extent, environmental factors and time. For many of the
changes taking place in the body during aging, three factors are important: inflammation,
immune aging and senescence (cellular aging, biological aging). Senescence is an
irreversible form of long-term cell-cycle arrest, caused by excessive intracellular or
extracellular stress or damage. The purpose of this cell-cycles arrest is to limit the …
Sažetak
The complex process of biological aging, as an intrinsic feature of living beings, is the result of genetic and, to a greater extent, environmental factors and time. For many of the changes taking place in the body during aging, three factors are important: inflammation, immune aging and senescence (cellular aging, biological aging). Senescence is an irreversible form of long-term cell-cycle arrest, caused by excessive intracellular or extracellular stress or damage. The purpose of this cell-cycles arrest is to limit the proliferation of damaged cells, to eliminate accumulated harmful factors and to disable potential malignant cell transformation. As the biological age does not have to be in accordance with the chronological age, it is important to find specific hallmarks and biomarkers that could objectively determine the rate of age of a person. These biomarkers might be a valuable measure of physiological, ie biological age. Biomarkers should meet several criteria. For example, they have to predict the rate of aging, monitor a basic process
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