Allele frequencies of +874T → A single nucleotide polymorphism at the first intron of interferon-γ gene in a group of Italian centenarians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 315-319

  Lio, Domenico ^a   Scola, Letizia ^a   Crivello, Antonio ^a   Bonafè, Massimiliano ^b   Franceschi, Claudio ^b,c   Olivieri, Fabiola ^c   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Immunogenetics; Inflammation; Interferon ; Longevity

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0037011996     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00198-X     Document Type: Article

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