Study on a possible effect of four longevity candidate genes (ACE, PON1, PPAR-γ and APOE) on human fertility

Biogerontology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Corbo, Rosa Maria ^a,b   Ulizzi, Laura ^a   Piombo, Laura ^a   Scacchi, Renato ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antagonist pleiotropy; APOE polymorphism; Human fertility; Longevity; PPAR polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROLINE;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PPAR GAMMA; RENIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50649123209     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-008-9143-9     Document Type: Article

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