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Aging: Antagonistic Pleiotropy Supported by Gut Eating

Authors :
Meng C. Wang
Mooncheol Park
Source :
Current Biology. 28:R890-R892
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

Summary A new study has found that, in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, biomass conversion from the intestine to yolk, mediated by autophagy and insulin/IGF-1 signaling, promotes reproduction in early life but aging in late life.

Details

ISSN :
09609822
Volume :
28
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Current Biology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........07114d7be712f058c1f82278643381ab