Alpha1-antitrypsin heterozygosity plays a positive role in attainment of longevity

Biogerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Listì, Florinda ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Grimaldi, Maria Paola ^a   Lio, Domenico ^a   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Orlando, Valentina ^a   Caruso, Marco ^b   Hoffmann, Enrico ^b   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^c   Franceschi, Claudio ^d,e   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a Gruppo di Studio sull'Immunosenescenza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AAT; AMI; Centenarians; Longevity; Serine protease inhibitor (Pi)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICILY;

EID: 33947710698     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-006-9041-y     Document Type: Article

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