Human beings have been recently reviewed as 'metaorganisms' as a result of a close symbiotic relationship with the intestinal microbiota. This assumption imposes a more …
S Horvath, C Pirazzini, MG Bacalini, D Gentilini… - Aging (Albany …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the dramatic increase in ageing populations, it is of great importance to understand the genetic and molecular determinants of healthy ageing and longevity. Semi …
The immune system of an organism is an essential component of the defense mechanism aimed at combating pathogenic stress. Age-associated immune dysfunction, also dubbed …
Human longevity is a complex phenotype resulting from the combinations of context- dependent gene-environment interactions that require analysis as a dynamic process in a …
A Larbi, C Franceschi, D Mazzatti, R Solana… - …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Accumulating data are documenting an inverse relationship between immune status, response to vaccination, health, and longevity, suggesting that the immune system becomes …
Extreme longevity is the paradigm of healthy aging as individuals who reached the extreme decades of human life avoided or largely postponed all major age-related diseases. In this …
E Cevenini, L Invidia, F Lescai, S Salvioli… - Expert opinion on …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The aging phenotype in humans is very heterogeneous and can be described as a complex mosaic resulting from the interaction of a variety of environmental, stochastic …
This article examines the trend over time in the measures of “typical” longevity experienced by members of a population: life expectancy at birth, and the median and modal ages at …