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Abstract
Experimental evidence for age-dependent loss of intracellular water content as a widespread concomitant of cellular senescence is reviewed. Quantitative models are presented, indicating that an age-dependent increase in macromolecular crowding resulting from water loss may be responsible for three observed phenomena: a general age-dependent loss of intracellular protein solubility, a delayed and rapid appearance of high molecular weight aggregates, and an age-dependent transfer of intracellular protein from dilute to concentrated or condensed phases. Published by Elsevier Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 33068538 PMCID: PMC7732744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.10.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033