Zinc, metallothioneins, immune responses, survival and ageing

Biogerontology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-143

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Muzzioli, Mario ^a   Giacconi, Robertina ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Immune responses; Metallothioneins; NK activity; Survival; Zinc

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

EID: 0034578489     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010095930854     Document Type: Review

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