Heat-shock protein 70 genes and human longevity: A view from Denmark

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Singh, Ripudaman ^a   Kølvraa, Steen ^b   Bross, Peter ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^d   Gregersen, Niels ^c   Tan, Qihua ^e   Jensen, Uffe Birk ^a   Eiberg, Hans ^f   Rattan, Suresh I S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Gene association; Heat shock proteins; Heat shock response; Human longevity; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME 6P; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENMARK; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEAT STRESS; HSP70 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONGEVITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33744508383     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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