GenAge entry for Plau (Mus musculus)
Gene information (ID: 509)
- Symbol
- Plau
- Aliases
- uPA; u-PA
- Name
- Plasminogen activator, urokinase
- Organism
- Mus musculus (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- A protease that converts plasminogen to plasmin
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- Overexpression in the brain of transgenic mice resulted in less food consumption (20%), reduced body weight (20%), reduced temperature, and a prolonged lifespan (20%).
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Lifespan is 20% higher.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Overexpression
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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In other databases
- GenAge human genes
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as PLAU
Homologs in other organisms
External links
- Mouse Genome Informatics
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- Ensembl
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (18792)
- Homologues
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- UniProt
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- Internet
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