FIND ARTICLE

Cytokinins, their biochemical activity in the processes of division, aging and apoptosis of human and animal cells

Cytokinins are one of the major groups of plant hormones . They stimulate anabolic processes , growth and cell division . The first was discovered cytokinin kinetin , or N-6 furfuryloadenina . Kinetin is an important component of the metabolic pathway that allows the cell to get rid of excess free radicals. This is in response to oxidative stress . The plant cells in the cytosolic fraction , and microsomal membranes are thylakoid cytokinin binding proteins - CBP ( Cytokinin called Binding Protein ) . Binding of them referred to cytokinin induces a physiological response .

THE ROLE OF NON-ENZYMATIC GLYCOSYLATION OF PROTEINS IN AGEING PROCESSES AND PATHOGENESIS OF GERIATRIC DISEASES

Ageing and diseases connected with ageing currently became very important social problem. Ageing processes can be faster because of accumulation of toxic metabolic products. This substances could be products of non enzymatic glycosylation (glycation). Glycation may there fore play an impor- tant role in ageing and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of a number of diseases, like: Alzheimer disease, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, kidney diseases, blood circulation system diseases and lung diseases.

The Editorial Board
Andrzej Łukaszyk - przewodniczący, Zofia Bielańska-Osuchowska, Szczepan Biliński, Mieczysław Chorąży, Aleksander Koj, Włodzimierz Korochoda, Leszek Kuźnicki, Aleksandra Stojałowska, Lech Wojtczak

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