The importance of mTOR signaling in cardiac aging and lifespan in mammals
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: These genetic approaches will lead to fundamental insights into key regulators of longevity and determinants of health span, and that with this knowledge, pharmacologic interventions can be designed to confer similar health benefits to humans. Cardiac aging is a significant cause of late-life mortality and diastolic dysfunction is a major contributor to the physiological declines In the aging heart. The proposed studies may reveal novel therapeutic interventions for diastolic dysfunction which currently are sorely lacking.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Investigator: PETER S RABINOVITCH
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Subfield: Aging
Domain: Life Sciences
Funded outputs count: 16
Funder award ID: R01AG038550
OpenAlex ID: G8853972315
