Core A - Administration

核心A摘要 管理核心。本项目的总体目标是阐明糖尿病的生物学机制。 异位钙化及其在老年病发病和病因中的作用 相关性黄斑变性(AMD)和阿尔茨海默病(AD)。《异位》的主要组成部分 钙化是蛋白质、脂类和矿化的磷酸钙，特别是羟基磷灰石(HAP)和 白锁石(WHT)，但这些成分在钙化过程和疾病进展中的作用是 不知道。四个项目和一个技术核心将合作，以获得全面的机制视图 年龄相关病理中的异位钙化。实现这一目标需要综合的多学科 多尺度结构生物学、生物化学、细胞生物学和动物生理学相结合的方法 由这些特定领域的专家提供。行政核心的主要作用是确保 计划作为一项综合的多学科和多规模的调查工作，并产生一个全面的 单个实验室单独工作不能实现的老年病钙化的观点。这 对于获得全面的生物医学见解是必不可少的。为了支持这一目标，核心将促进 调查人员之间的互动，并提供了一个强有力的行政结构。

CORE A SUMMARY Administrative Core. The overall goal of this Program Project is to elucidate the biological mechanisms of ectopic calcification and its roles in the onset and etiology of diseases of aging, with particular focus on age- related macular degeneration (AMD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The major components of ectopic calcifications are proteins, lipids and mineralized calcium phosphate, especially hydroxyapatite (HAP) and whitlockite (WHT), but the roles of these components in the calcification process and disease progression are not known. Four Projects and one technical Core will collaborate to gain a comprehensive mechanistic view of ectopic calcification in age-related pathologies. Achieving this goal requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach that combines multi-scale structural biology, biochemistry, cell biology and animal physiology, guided by experts in these specific areas. The principal role of the Administrative Core is to ensure the success of the Program as an integrated multidisciplinary and multi-scale investigative effort, and generate a comprehensive view of calcification in diseases of aging that could not achieved by individual laboratories working alone. This is essential for gaining comprehensive biomedical insights. To support this goal, the Core will facilitate interactions among the investigators and provide a strong administrative structure.