Life Science
Teacher
- Associate Professor, Reiko Iida, PhD
- riida@u-fukui.ac.jp
Research
Identification of age-dependently expressed genes and subsequent investigation of their structures, functions and mechanism of gene expression is one of the most direct approaches in aging research. Furthermore, evaluation of biological or physiological age using age-dependently expressed biomolecules as aging markers has the potential to provide valuable data for diagnosis, prognosis and/or health promotion in old age. We are beginning to assemble age-dependently expressed genes in mouse tissues collected at different developmental stages and have identified known genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of unknown genes. Based on the ESTs of the unknown genes, we have established the structures of full-length cDNAs and genes encoding new proteins. Our current interest lies in the molecular basis and physiological meanings of the age-dependent expression.
Keyword
- biochemistry
- DNA polymorphism
- aging medicine