Life Extension : Lessons from Drosophila /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Healthy Ageing and Longevity,
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- SECTION I: Genetic regulation of longevity
- Mutations and quantitative genetic variation: lessons from Drosophila
- Modulation of Drosophila lifespan by neuronal genes
- Life span, stress resistance and age-dependent transcriptome dynamics in fruit flies with constitutive and conditional overexpression of GADD45
- Superoxide dismutase over-expression and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response
- Effect of Wolbachia infection on aging and longevity-associated genes in Drosophila
- SECTION II: Drosophila models for aging-associated diseases
- Skeletal muscle homeostasis and aging
- Drosophila models of cardiac disease
- Genetic modulation of cardiac functional aging
- Functional links between circadian clocks, redox state and aging in Drosophila
- Drosophila models in therapeutic drug discovery
- SECTION III: Life-extending treatments
- Phytochemicals with lifespan extension effect in Drosophila
- Life extension in Drosophila by inhibitors of histone deacetylases
- Drosophila healthspan extension using dietary manipulation
- The effect of the artificial atmosphere on the flies' longevity
- Effects of several mild stresses applied in adults on aging and longevity
- Life extension via stage-specific drug interventions in Drosophila
- Index.