Clinical Biochemistry of Cellular Aging | Molecular Gerontology Treatise
Biochemistry · Basic Sciences
How it begins
Estudio en profundidad de los mecanismos moleculares del envejecimiento, integrando inestabilidad genómica, biología de telómeros, estrés oxidativo, colapso de la proteoestasis, epigenética y remodelación de la matriz extracelular, con sus correspondientes correlaciones de diagnóstico clínico y dianas terapéuticas emergentes.
What it covers
- Cellular Aging
- The Senescent Phenotype and Genomic Instability
- · 1.1 · Genomic Stressors and the DNA Damage Response (DDR)
- · 1.2 · Types of DNA Damage and Specific Repair Pathways
- · 1.3 · Systemic Consequences of Genomic Instability
- Telomere Biology and the Shelterina Complex
- · 2.1 · Structure of Telomeres and the Shelterina Protective Complex
- · 2.2 · Biochemistry of Telomerase and Ribonucleoprotein Structure
- · 2.3 · The G-Quadruplex Transition Phenomenon
- Signaling Pathways for the Stop of the Cellular Cycle
- · 3.1 · The p53-p21 CIP1 Axis: G1/S Transition Control
- · 3.2 · Formation of Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci (SAHF)
- Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Insufficiency (Mito-Aging)
- · 4.1 · Dynamics of Electron Leakage and Production of Free Radicals
- · 4.2 · Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) vulnerability
- Proteostasis Collapse and Loss of Proteolysis
- · 5.1 · The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS) in Aging
- · 5.2 · Accumulation of Lipofuscin and Advanced Glycation Products (AGEs)
- The Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP)
- · 6.1 · Biochemical Architecture of the SASP Components
- Epigenetic Alterations and Horvath's Clocks
- · 7.1 · DNA Methylation and Architectural Changes
- · 7.2 · Biostatistics of Epigenetic Aging Clocks
- Sensory Nutrient Dysregulation
- · 8.1 · The Anabolic Nutritional Axis: IIS Signaling and mTOR Complex
- · 8.2 · The Catabolic Axis of Longevity: AMPK and Sirtuins (NAD + Axis)
- Stem Cell Exhaustion
- · 9.1 · Alterations in Key Tissue Niches
- · 9.2 · Dynamics of Asymmetric Self-Renewal Loss
- Transposons and the cGAS-STING Pathway
- · 10.1 · Derepression of Transposons and LINE-1 Elements
- Lipid Metabolism and Cell Membranes
- · 11.1 · Biochemistry of Membrane Lipid Peroxidation
- · 11.2 · Imbalance in the Composition of Lipid Rafts
- Biochemistry of Extracellular and Interstitial Aging
- · 12.1 · Collagen Glycation and Maillard Cross-Link Formation
- · 12.2 · Imbalance in the Activity of Metalloproteinases (MMPs)
- Immunosenescence and the Inflammaging Phenomenon
- · 13.1 · Thymic Involution and Remodeling of the T Lymphocyte Repertoire
- · 13.2 · The Dual Role of Macrophages in Peripheral Senescence
- Biomarkers of Senescence and Diagnosis
- · 14.1 · Kinetics and Histochemistry of Senescence-Associated β-Galactosidase (SA-β-gal)
- · 14.2 · Molecular Markers for Immunohistochemistry and Protein Profiling
- Accelerated Aging Syndromes
- · 15.1 · Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome: The Defect in Nuclear Lamination
- · 15.2 · Molecular Physiopathology of Werner, Cockayne and Ataxia-Telangiectasia
- Senolithic and Senomorphic Strategies
- · 16.1 · Mechanisms of Action of Senolytic Drugs
- · 16.2 · Pharmacology of Senomorphic Agents
- · 16.3 · Key Principles in Clinical Biochemistry of Cellular Aging
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- Subject
- Biochemistry
- Category
- Basic Sciences
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 50
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02