A flame burning within

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-243

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Ble, Alessandro ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^b   Suthers, Kristen ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Homeostasis; Immunosenescence; Inflammation; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; OXIDIZING AGENT; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4544368958     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327390     Document Type: Article

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