Human genetic variations: Beacons on the pathways to successful ageing

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 553-563

  Cluett, Christie ^a   Melzer, David ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gene; Genetic association; Polymorphisms; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; CYCLIN D; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NUDIX HYDROLASE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; SMAD7 PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL TYPE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CANCER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE REPAIR;

AGING; CELL AGING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 69949102824     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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