Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Nephrol. Feb 6, 2015; 4(1): 19-30
Published online Feb 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i1.19
Table 1 Events common to aging and uremia covered by this review
AgingUremia
TGF-β↑TGF-β↑
Autophagy ↓Autophagy ↓
Apoptosis ↑ (muscle)Apoptosis ↑
Senescence ↑Senescence ↑
Telomere shortening ↑Telomere shortening ↑
Stem cell exhaustion ↑Stem cell exhaustion ↑
Klotho ↓Klotho ↓
AGEs ↑AGEs ↑
Mitochondrial dysfunction ↑Mitochondrial dysfunction ↑