The challenges in moving from ageing to successful longevity

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 662-673

  Kolovou, Genovefa ^a   Barzilai, Nir ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^c   Sikora, Ewa ^d   Capri, Miriam ^e,f   Tzanetakou, Irene P ^g   Bilianou, Helen ^h   Avery, Peter ⁱ   Katsiki, Niki ^j   Panotopoulos, George ^k   Franceschi, Claudio ^e,f   Benetos, Athanase ^l   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^m  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^e LMA MATER STUDIORUM ^*  (Italy)

^f CIG   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^h TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^m ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Centenarians; Epigenetics; Exceptional longevity; Longevity syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXARELIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KLOTHO PROTEIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; RAPAMYCIN; RESVERATROL; SEX HORMONE; SIRTUIN; SIRTUIN 1; SIRTUIN 3; SIRTUIN 5; SIRTUIN 6; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HORMESIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; LIFESTYLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; DIET; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84924171409     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: 18756212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570161111666131219095114     Document Type: Article

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