Association between longevity and cytokine gene polymorphisms. A study in Sardinian centenarians

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Pes, Giovanni Mario ^a   Lio, Domenico ^b   Carru, Ciriaco ^a   Deiana, Luca ^a   Baggio, Giovannella ^c   Franceschi, Claudio ^d,e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e   Oliveri, Fabiola ^e   Scola, Letizia ^b   Crivello, Antonio ^b   Candore, Giuseppina ^b   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Cytokines; Immunogenetics; Longevity; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 4544272418     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327391     Document Type: Article

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