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Sex difference in pathology of the ageing gut mediates the greater response of female lifespan to dietary restriction
Women live on average longer than men but have greater levels of late-life morbidity. We have uncovered a substantial sex difference in the pathology of the aging gut in Drosophila. The intestinal epithelium of the aging female undergoes major deterioration, driven by intestinal stem cell (ISC) divi...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805549/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26878754 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10956 |