Metallothioneins/PARP-1/IL-6 interplay on natural killer cell activity in elderly: parallelism with nonagenarians and old infected humans. Effect of zinc supply.

Mocchegiani, Eugenio; Muzzioli, Mario; Giacconi, Robertina; Cipriano, Catia; Gasparini, Nazzarena; Franceschi, Claudio; Gaetti, Remo; Cavalieri, Elisabetta; Suzuki, Hisanori

Mocchegiani, Eugenio; Muzzioli, Mario; Giacconi, Robertina; Cipriano, Catia; Gasparini, Nazzarena; Franceschi, Claudio; Gaetti, Remo; Cavalieri, Elisabetta; Suzuki, Hisanori.

Affiliation

Mocchegiani E; Immunology Center (Section Nutrition, Immunity and Ageing), Research Department Italian National Research Centres on Ageing (INRCA), Via Birarelli 8, 60121, Ancona, Italy. e.mocchegiani@inrca.it

Mech Ageing Dev ; 124(4): 459-68, 2003 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12714254

Subject(s)

Aging/immunology; Infections/immunology; Interleukin-6/metabolism; Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism; Metallothionein/metabolism; Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/metabolism; Zinc/blood; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging/metabolism; Female; Gene Expression; Humans; Infections/drug therapy; Infections/metabolism; Killer Cells, Natural/immunology; Lymphocytes/immunology; Lymphocytes/metabolism; Male; Metallothionein/genetics; Prognosis; RNA, Messenger/analysis; Recurrence; Zinc/administration & dosage

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Zinc / Aging / Killer Cells, Natural / Interleukin-6 / Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Infections / Metallothionein Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Mech Ageing Dev Year: 2003 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: Ireland

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