A Manually Curated Knowledgebase of Aging across a variety of Species

Details


Name GK138
Type somatic mutation
Species Caenorhabditis elegans
Tissue C. elegans strains
Experiment Method RNAi
Up/Down NA
Pro/Anti Anti
Funtion Description These results indicate that the life span-extending effect of the cep-1 mutation is mediated by autophagy. These results lend support to the hypothesis that autophagy has a broad positive impact on organismal aging.
Regulation Gene cep-1
Year 2008
Pubmed ID 18728385
Title The effects of p53 on whole organism longevity are mediated by autophagy.
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant somatic mutation
High-throughput NA