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Mitochondrial role in cell aging.

J. Miquel, A. C. Economos, J. Fleming, J. Johnson

1980.12.31EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(80)90010-8

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The fine structural and biochemical data support the concept that the mitochondria of fixed postmitotic cells may be the site of intrinsic aging because of the attack by free radicals and lipid peroxides originating in the organelles as a by-product of oxygen reduction during respiration.

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MIQUEL, J., et al. Mitochondrial role in cell aging. EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY, 1980, 15 6: 575–91.