Aging and Age-Related Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bondy, Stephen (Editor), Maiese, Kenneth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Geriatrics.; Cell biology.; Oxidative stress.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Oxidative Stress.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Cell Biology.

Features that characterize the aging process include the gradual accumulation of cell damage after prolonged exposure to oxidative and inflammatory events over a lifetime. In addition to the accretion of lesions, the intrinsic levels of pro-oxidant and aberrant immune responses are elevated with age...