Zinc-bound metallothioneins and immune plasticity: Lessons from very old mice and humans

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Giacconi, Robertina ^a   Muti, Elisa ^a   Cipriano, Catia ^a   Costarelli, Laura ^a   Tesei, Silvia ^a   Gasparini, Nazzarena ^a   Malavolta, Marco ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; METALLOTHIONEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; ZINC;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LONGEVITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENESCENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 36348941803     PISSN: 17424933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-4-7     Document Type: Article

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