Human longevity is characterised by high thyroid stimulating hormone secretion without altered energy metabolism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jansen, S W ^a   Akintola, A A ^a   Roelfsema, F ^a   Van Der Spoel, E ^a   Cobbaert, C M ^a   Ballieux, B E ^a   Egri, P ^b,c   Kvarta Papp, Z ^b   Gereben, B ^b   Fekete, C ^b,d   Slagboom, P E ^a   Van Der Grond, J ^a   Demeneix, B A ^e   Pijl, H ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a,f   Van Heemst, D ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS); VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IODINE; LONGEVITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84934987637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11525     Document Type: Article

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