A gender-dependent genetic predisposition to produce high levels of IL-6 is detrimental for longevity

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2357-2361

  Bonafè, Massimiliano ^a,b   Olivieri, Fabiola ^a,b   Cavallone, Luca ^a,c   Giovagnetti, Simona ^b,c   Marchegiani, Francesca ^b,c   Cardelli, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Pieri, Carlo ^a,b,c   Marra, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Antonicelli, Roberto ^c   Lisa, Rosmarie ^a,b,c   Rizzo, Maria Rosaria ^a,b,c   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Monti, Daniela ^a,b,c   Franceschi, Claudio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarians; IL 6; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034849867     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200108)31:8<2357::AID-IMMU2357>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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