HLA, aging, and longevity: A critical reappraisal

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 942-949

  Caruso, Calogero ^a,d   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Lio, Domenico ^a   Bonafè, Massimiliano ^b   Valensin, Silvana ^b   Franceschi, Claudio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio di Immunopatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarians; HLA; HLA B8,DR3; Immunosenescence

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B8 ANTIGEN; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033784034     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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