Metallothionein downregulation in very old age: A phenomenon associated with cellular senescence?

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 455-459

  Malavolta, Marco ^a   Cipriano, Catia ^a   Costarelli, Laura ^a   Giacconi, Robertina ^a   Tesei, Silvia ^a   Muti, Elisa ^a   Piacenza, Francesco ^a   Pierpaoli, Sara ^a   Larbi, Annis ^b   Pawelec, Graham ^b   Dedoussis, George ^c   Herbein, George ^d   Monti, Daniela ^e   Jajte, Jolanta ^f   Rink, Lothar ^g   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL AGING; CLONE CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42649144123     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2008.0679     Document Type: Article

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