Is Chronic Kidney Disease Accelerated Kidney Aging?

Is Chronic Kidney Disease Accelerated Kidney Aging?

Summary

Chronic kidney disease is largely age-related, though can occur in younger people under some circumstances. It is one of a number of conditions in which research strongly implicates cellular senescence in its onset, progression, and pathology. Senescent cells accumulate in tissues with age. Cells become senescent throughout life, both on reaching the Hayflick limit to...

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Chronic kidney disease is largely age-related, though can occur in younger people under some circumstances. It is one of a number of conditions in which research strongly implicates cellular senescence in its onset, progression, and pathology. Senescent cells accumulate in tissues with age. Cells become senescent throughout life, both on reaching the Hayflick limit to...

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