Association between the HLA-DR alleles and longevity: A study in Sardinian population

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-318

  Lio, Domenico ^a   Pes, Giovanni Mario ^b   Carru, Ciriaco ^b   Listì, Florinda ^a   Ferlazzo, Viviana ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Deiana, Luca ^b   Baggio, Giovannella ^d   Franceschi, Claudio ^c,e   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; HLA; Immune response; Longevity; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGEVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 12244281784     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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