Does ageing affect zinc homeostasis and dietary requirements?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-388

  Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a   Harvey, Linda J ^a,b   Ford, Dianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Zinc homeostasis; Zinc metabolism; Zinc requirements; Zinc status; Zinc transporters

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

AGING; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; UPREGULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 42049102612     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.10.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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