Interleukin 6 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) gene polymorphism in centenarians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 843-848

  Capurso, Cristiano ^a   Solfrizzi, V ^b   D'Introno, A ^b   Colacicco, A M ^b   Capurso, S A ^b   Semeraro, C ^b   Capurso, A ^b   Panza, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarians; Humanlongevity; Interleukin 6 VNTR; Longevity genes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 34948821750     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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