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Genomes and GenesSpecies | J M HarperSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Hormone-treated snell dwarf mice regain fertility but remain long lived and disease resistantMaggie Vergara
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0940, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:1244-50. 2004....
Fibroblasts from long-lived bird species are resistant to multiple forms of stressJames M Harper
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2200, USA
J Exp Biol 214:1902-10. 2011....
Effect of capture and season on fecal glucocorticoid levels in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi)J M Harper
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA
Gen Comp Endocrinol 123:337-44. 2001..In addition, a clear temporal pattern in the secretion of fecal GCs was observed between mid June and early November in both species...
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor-knockout mice are long lived and respond to caloric restrictionJames M Harper
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
FASEB J 24:2436-42. 2010..Overall, these data refute the suggestion that MIF is required for the CR effect on life span, but raise the possibility that MIF may limit life span in normal mice...
Wild-derived mouse stocks: an underappreciated tool for aging researchJames M Harper
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
Age (Dordr) 30:135-45. 2008....
Stress resistance and aging: influence of genes and nutritionJames M Harper
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Mech Ageing Dev 127:687-94. 2006..These data thus suggest that while resistance to stress is a common characteristic of experimental life span extension in mice, the cell types showing resistance may differ among the various models of delayed or decelerated aging...
Hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance and elevated glycated hemoglobin levels in a long-lived mouse stockJames M Harper
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0940, USA
Exp Gerontol 40:303-14. 2005..Taken together, these findings suggest that neither a reduction of blood glucose levels nor an increase in glucose tolerance is necessary for life span extension in mice...
Genetic modulation of hormone levels and life span in hybrids between laboratory and wild-derived miceJames M Harper
University of Michigan, 190 Zina Pitcher Pl, Room 3005, BSRB Box 2200, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2200, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1019-29. 2006..Overall, these finding suggest that wild-derived mice harbor alleles that increase longevity, perhaps through effects on growth, maturation, and early-life hormone levels...
Hormone levels and cataract scores as sex-specific, mid-life predictors of longevity in genetically heterogeneous miceJames M Harper
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Mech Ageing Dev 124:801-10. 2003..Additional work is needed to evaluate the role of these hormones as potential modulators of the aging process, and to resolve the conflicting data obtained for cataract severity as a predictor of life span...
Body weight, hormones and T cell subsets as predictors of life span in genetically heterogeneous miceJames M Harper
Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Mech Ageing Dev 125:381-90. 2004....
Skin-derived fibroblasts from long-lived species are resistant to some, but not all, lethal stresses and to the mitochondrial inhibitor rotenoneJames M Harper
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Aging Cell 6:1-13. 2007....
Life-span extension in mice by preweaning food restriction and by methionine restriction in middle ageLiou Sun
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109 2200, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:711-22. 2009..These results introduce new protocols that can increase maximal life span and suggest that the spectrum of metabolic changes induced by low-calorie and low-methionine diets may differ in instructive ways...
Fecal glucocorticoids: a noninvasive method of measuring adrenal activity in wild and captive rodentsJ M Harper
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA
Physiol Biochem Zool 73:12-22. 2000..Therefore, given a judicious trapping and trap-monitoring protocol, this assay has considerable utility for measuring the stress levels at which animals actually exist in the field...
Three-locus and four-locus QTL interactions influence mouse insulin-like growth factor-IPhilip Hanlon
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0618, USA
Physiol Genomics 26:46-54. 2006..The analysis method can detect multilocus interactions in a genome scan experiment and may provide new ways to explore the genetic architecture of complex physiological phenotypes...
Quantitative trait loci for insulin-like growth factor I, leptin, thyroxine, and corticosterone in genetically heterogeneous miceJames M Harper
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA
Physiol Genomics 15:44-51. 2003..These results show that the genetic controls over late-life hormone levels are complex and dependent on effects of genes that act both early and late in the life course...
Methionine-deficient diet extends mouse lifespan, slows immune and lens aging, alters glucose, T4, IGF-I and insulin levels, and increases hepatocyte MIF levels and stress resistanceRichard A Miller
Department of Pathology, Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0940, USA
Aging Cell 4:119-25. 2005..Studies of the cellular and molecular biology of methionine-deprived mice may, in parallel to studies of calorie-restricted mice, provide insights into the way in which nutritional factors modulate longevity and late-life illnesses...
Longer life spans and delayed maturation in wild-derived miceRichard A Miller
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 227:500-8. 2002..Genes present in the Id and Ma stocks may be valuable tools for the analysis of the physiology and biochemistry of aging in mice...
How long will my mouse live? Machine learning approaches for prediction of mouse life spanWilliam R Swindell
Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2200, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:895-906. 2008..Future work in this direction can provide tools for aging research and will shed light on associations between phenotypic traits and longevity...
Big mice die young: early life body weight predicts longevity in genetically heterogeneous miceRichard A Miller
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Aging Cell 1:22-9. 2002..The evidence that weight in 2-month-old mice is a significant predictor of life span suggests that at least some of the lethal diseases of old age can be timed by factors that influence growth rate in juvenile rodents...
Does caloric restriction extend life in wild mice?James M Harper
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Aging Cell 5:441-9. 2006....
T cells in aging mice: genetic, developmental, and biochemical analysesRichard A Miller
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
Immunol Rev 205:94-103. 2005....
Fecal corticosteroids in agouti and non-agouti deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)V Hayssen
Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 132:439-46. 2002..Thus, agouti and non-agouti deer mice differ in their hormonal reaction to stress. This is the first demonstration of corticosteroid differences associated with the agouti locus...
CXCL12 limits inflammation by localizing mononuclear infiltrates to the perivascular space during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisErin E McCandless
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Immunol 177:8053-64. 2006....
Extended longevity of wild-derived mice is associated with peroxidation-resistant membranesA J Hulbert
Metabolic Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Mech Ageing Dev 127:653-7. 2006..It is suggested that peroxidation-resistant membranes may be an important component of extended longevity...
