Aging and sex affect soluble alpha klotho levels in bonobos and chimpanzees Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen Universiteit Antwerpen
Background: Throughout life, physiological homeostasis is challenged and the capacity to cope with such challenges declines with increasing age. In many species, sex differences exist in life expectancy. Sex-specific differences have been related to extrinsic factors like mate competition and/or intrinsic proximate mechanisms such as hormonal changes. In humans, an intrinsic factor related to aging is soluble alpha klotho (alpha-Kl). Both sexes ...