Non‐canonical aging model systems and why we need them
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- Authors
- Valenzano, D. R., Aboobaker, A., Seluanov, A., & Gorbunova, V.
- Affiliations
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (DE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Venue
- The EMBO Journal
- Published
- 2017-03-20
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 959-963
- ISSN
- 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2075
- PMC
- PMC5391153
- OpenAlex
- W2601956030
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (publishedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R03AG052365, R01AG046320, P01AG047200)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea
- Keywords
- aging, longevity, healthspan, molecular mechanisms of aging, adult-onset disease, disease prevention
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Animals, Humans, Models, Biological, Planarians, Mole Rats, Fundulidae
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