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Jorge Azpurua

Researcher at Stony Brook University

Publications -  21
Citations -  2219

Jorge Azpurua is an academic researcher from Stony Brook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Naked mole-rat & Contact inhibition. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1935 citations. Previous affiliations of Jorge Azpurua include University of Rochester & University of Texas at Austin.

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High-molecular-mass hyaluronan mediates the cancer resistance of the naked mole rat

TL;DR: It is speculated that naked mole rats have evolved a higher concentration of HA in the skin to provide skin elasticity needed for life in underground tunnels and this trait may have then been co-opted to provide cancer resistance and longevity to this species.
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Hypersensitivity to contact inhibition provides a clue to cancer resistance of naked mole-rat

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that naked mole-rat fibroblasts display hypersensitivity to contact inhibition, a phenomenon termed "early contact inhibition", and the roles of p16Ink4a and p27Kip1 in the control of contact inhibition became temporally separated in this species.
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Genome-wide adaptive complexes to underground stresses in blind mole rats Spalax

TL;DR: The results show high rates of RNA/DNA editing, reduced chromosome rearrangements, an over-representation of short interspersed elements (SINEs) probably linked to Hypoxia tolerance, degeneration of vision and progression of photoperiodic perception, tolerance to hypercapnia and hypoxia and resistance to cancer.
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Naked mole-rat has increased translational fidelity compared with the mouse, as well as a unique 28S ribosomal RNA cleavage.

TL;DR: The results show that naked mole-rat cells produce fewer aberrant proteins, supporting the hypothesis that the more stable proteome of the naked Mole-rat contributes to its longevity.