Vitamin D, thyroid hormones and muscle mass influence natural killer (NK) innate immunity in healthy nonagenarians and centenarians

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Mariani, Erminia ^a,b   Ravaglia, G ^a   Forti, P ^a   Meneghetti, A ^a   Tarozzi, A ^a   Maioli, F ^a   Boschi, F ^a   Pratelli, L ^a   Pizzoferrato, A ^a   Piras, F ^a   Facchini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Immune response; Muscle mass; Thyroid hormones; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THYROID HORMONES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0032948918     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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