Are zinc-bound metallothionein isoforms (I+II and III) involved in impaired thymulin production and thymic involution during ageing?

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Giacconi, Robertina ^a,b   Cipriano, Catia ^a,b   Muti, Elisa ^a   Gasparini, Nazzarena ^a   Malavolta, Marco ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Glucocorticoids; IL 6; Inflammation; Longevity; Metallothioneins; TECs; Thymic involution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN III; THYMULIN; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; INFLAMMATION; INVOLUTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 20344388337     PISSN: 17424933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-1-5     Document Type: Article

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