Genetic determinants of exceptional human longevity: Insights from the Okinawa centenarian study

Age

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-332

  Willcox, D Craig ^a,b   Willcox, Bradley J ^b,c   Hsueh, Wen Chi ^d,e   Suzuki, Makoto ^f  

^a Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

^b PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of the Ryukyus ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Genetics; Longevity; Longevity genes; Okinawa

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TELOMERE;

EID: 33845953483     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-006-9020-x     Document Type: Review

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