Centenarians are the best example of successful ageing, since they have escaped the major
age-associated diseases, alzd most are in good mental and physical condition. Heye …

CLAUDIO FRANCESCHI,? DANIELA MONTI,? DANIELA BARBIERI,? EMANUELA
GRASSILLI,? LEONARDA TROIAN0, t STEFANO SALVIOL1, t PAOLO NEGRO,? MIRIAM …

With advancing age, an increasing number of healthy individuals have laboratory signs of
heightened coagulation enzyme activity. Such biochemical hypercoagulability might be the …

The view of a general impairment of immune functions associated with aging has been
challenged by recent studies including a more detailed evaluation of various cytokines and …

Changes in relevant immune parameters, including function, were found to be associated
with depression in elderly caregiver wives of demented patients. We studied the relationship …

Analysis of two human populations for dependence of somatic mutation on age has
revealed both similarities and differences. The studies performed employed peripheral …

In the last decades major theoretical and technological advances have been achieved in the
field of immunology. They allowed the scientific community to analyze the immune system in …

The CD20 antigen has been regarded as a B lineage specific, 35 kDa, non‐glycosylated
membrane phosphoprotein, which functions as either a Ca2+ ion channel or as a regulatory …

A novel method to measure target cell cytolysis based on the use of 'cold', non-radioactive
chromium and on the determination of metal release by graphite furnace atomic absorption …

β-Endorphin is an opioid peptide synthesized in the pituitary, hypothalamus, and
immunocytes, known to affect immune responses both when added in vitro and when its …