Gender and longevity: Why do men die earlier than women? Comparative and experimental evidence

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-479

  Regan, Jennifer C ^a   Partridge, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing; androgens; estrogens; evolution; gender; lifespan; sex; steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FREE RADICAL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REPETITIVE DNA; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGING; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREEDING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INHERITANCE; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MONOGAMY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYANDRY; POLYGAMY; POLYGYNY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE;

AGEING; ANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; EVOLUTION; GENDER; LIFESPAN; SEX; STEROID HORMONES;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84884416655     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.05.016     Document Type: Review

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