Caenorhabditis elegans: A Useful Model for Studying Metabolic Disorders in Which Oxidative Stress Is a Contributing Factor

Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful model organism that is invaluable for experimental research because it can be used to recapitulate most human diseases at either the metabolic or genomic level in vivo. This organism contains many key components related to metabolic and oxidative stress networks...

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Published in:	Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Carmona-Aparicio, Liliana, Pedraza-Chaverri, José, Coballase-Urrutia, Elvia, Cárdenas-Rodríguez, Noemí, Moreno-Arriola, Elizabeth, Ortega-Cuellar, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:	Analysis Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans - metabolism Disease Models, Animal Health aspects Humans Metabolic diseases Metabolic Diseases - pathology Oxidative Stress Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism Review Second Messenger Systems
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