Coenzyme Q in Aging

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Current Coenzyme Q Science and Knowledge  (Plácido Navas)....Pages 3-9
 Molecular Structure, Biosynthesis, and Distribution of Coenzyme Q  (L. Vázquez-Fonseca, I. González-Mariscal, C. Santos-Ocaña)....Pages 11-49
 Coenzyme Q Function in Mitochondria  (Maria Luisa Genova, Giorgio Lenaz)....Pages 51-89
 Extramitochondrial Coenzyme Q10 in Aging  (Guillermo López-Lluch)....Pages 91-111
 Regulation of Synthesis of Coenzyme Q10  (María Victoria Cascajo-Almenara, Guillermo López-Lluch)....Pages 113-127
Front Matter ....Pages 129-129
 Coenzyme Q and Aging in C. elegans  (Claudio Asencio)....Pages 131-140
 Coenzyme Q and Aging in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster  (Daniel J. M. Fernández-Ayala, Alberto Sanz)....Pages 141-155
 The Aging Process and Coenzyme Q: Clk-1 Mouse Models  (Mayumi Takahashi, Kazuhide Takahashi, Takuji Shirasawa)....Pages 157-168
 Reduced Coenzyme Q10 Decelerates Senescence and Age-Related Hearing Loss in Senescence-Accelerated Mice by Activating Mitochondrial Functions.  (Jinko Sawashita, Xu Zhe, Keiichi Higuchi)....Pages 169-187
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 Coenzyme Q, mtDNA and Mitochondrial Dysfunction During Aging  (José L. Quiles, Alfonso Varela-López, María D. Navarro-Hortal, Maurizio Battino)....Pages 191-225
 Coenzyme Q10 and Metabolic Syndrome  (Juan Diego Hernández-Camacho)....Pages 227-240
 Coenzyme Q and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders: Parkinson and Alzheimer Diseases  (Francisco J. Alcaín, Javier Domínguez, Mario Durán-Prado, Julia Vaamonde)....Pages 241-268
 Immunosenescence and CoQ10  (Juan Diego Hernández-Camacho, Catherine Meza-Torres, Guillermo López-Lluch)....Pages 269-282
 Coenzyme Q10 in Fertility and Reproduction  (Diana Vaamonde, Anthony C. Hackney, Carolina Algar-Santacruz, María José Garcia-Moreno, Juan Manuel García-Manso)....Pages 283-308
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 Caloric Restriction, Longevity and Coenzyme Q  (María Isabel Burón, Cristina Parrado, José Antonio González-Reyes, Lucía Fernández del Río, Elena Gutiérrez-Casado, Miguel Calvo-Rubio et al.)....Pages 311-328
 Age Dependent Changes of Coenzyme Q Levels and its Induction in Experimental Systems  (Magnus Bentinger, Gustav Dallner, Kerstin Brismar, Ewa Swiezewska, Michael Tekle)....Pages 329-346
 Effects of Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Elderly People  (Elena M. Yubero-Serrano, Francisco M. Gutierrez-Mariscal, Jose Lopez-Miranda)....Pages 347-365
Back Matter ....Pages 367-369