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SUBMITTER: Liang WJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042393 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Wenjing J WJ Gustafsson Åsa B ÅB
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20200219
Aging is associated with structural and functional changes in the heart and is a major risk factor in developing cardiovascular disease. Many recent studies have focused on increasing our understanding of the basis of aging at the cellular and molecular levels in various tissues, including the heart. It is known that there is an age-related decline in cellular quality control pathways such as autophagy and mitophagy, which leads to accumulation of potentially harmful cellular components in cardi ...[more]