Epidemiological, genetic and epigenetic aspects of the research on healthy ageing and longevity

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Montesanto, Alberto ^a   Dato, Serena ^a   Bellizzi, Dina ^a   Rose, Giuseppina ^a   Passarino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Epigenetic modifications; Genetic variation; Longevity

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; AGING; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84859929074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-9-6     Document Type: Review

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