Population-specific association of genes for telomere-associated proteins with longevity in an Italian population

Biogerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 353-364

  Crocco, Paolina ^a   Barale, Roberto ^b   Rose, Giuseppina ^a   Rizzato, Cosmeri ^c   Santoro, Aurelia ^d   De Rango, Francesco ^a   Carrai, Maura ^b   Fogar, Paola ^e   Monti, Daniela ^f   Biondi, Fiammetta ^d   Bucci, Laura ^d   Ostan, Rita ^d   Tallaro, Federica ^a   Montesanto, Alberto ^a   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^e   Franceschi, Claudio ^d   Canzian, Federico ^c   Passarino, Giuseppe ^a   Campa, Daniele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Gene variability; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TANKYRASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; TERF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TNKS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; TEP1 GENE; TERC GENE; TERF1 GENE; TERF2 GENE; TERF2IP GENE; TERT GENE; TNKS GENE; TNKS2 GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGING; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROUP; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS; TANKYRASES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84939416280     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9551-6     Document Type: Article

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