El Atlas del Envejecimiento de las Células de la Mosca identifica las características exhaustivas del envejecimiento

Tzu-Chiao Lu1,2, Maria Brbić3, Ye-Jin Park1,2,4,5

  • 1Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 15, 2023
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio mapea el envejecimiento en moscas de la fruta a resolución de una sola célula, revelando patrones de envejecimiento específicos de la célula e identificando la expresión génica ribosómica como un predictor clave de la edad. Este recurso ayuda a la investigación del envejecimiento en organismos complejos.

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