The aging process and potential interventions to extend life expectancy

M Tosato, V Zamboni, A Ferrini… - Clinical interventions in …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Aging is commonly defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes occurring in
cells and tissues with advancing age that are responsible for the increased risk of disease …

Inflammaging as a major characteristic of old people: can it be prevented or cured?

C Franceschi - Nutrition reviews, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Widespread aging at the population level is a recent phenomenon that emerged in affluent
societies. Inflammation is necessary to cope with damaging agents and is crucial for …

Massive load of functional effector CD4+ and CD8+ T cells against cytomegalovirus in very old subjects

R Vescovini, C Biasini, FF Fagnoni… - The Journal of …, 2007 - journals.aai.org
A progressive, systemic, and low-grade proinflammatory status is one of the major
characteristics of immunosenescence. Emerging data suggest a possible contribution of …

Bone structure and metabolism in a rodent model of male senile osteoporosis

P Pietschmann, M Skalicky, M Kneissel… - Experimental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Osteoporosis is a common and severe condition in elderly men, which is poorly
characterized. In order to identify the hallmarks of age-related bone loss in the male …

Cumulative index of elderly disorders and its dynamic contribution to mortality and longevity

AI Yashin, KG Arbeev, A Kulminski… - Rejuvenation …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
The composite index constructed from longitudinal survey data as the level of deficits
accumulated by an individual (frailty index) captures important systemic aspects of …

Estimulação em idosos institucionalizados: efeitos da prática de atividades cognitivas e atividades físicas

L Tavares - 2007 - repositorio.ufsc.br
Engajamento em atividades cognitivas e físicas está associado com a manutenção da
saúde cognitiva e com a prevenção de declínio cognitivo na população idosa. O objetivo do …

Lipoproteins, vascular-related genetic factors, and human longevity

F Panza, A D'introno, C Capurso… - Rejuvenation …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
The relationships among lipoprotein metabolism, genetic vascular factors, vascular disease,
and Alzheimer's disease suggest that the examination of centenarian populations in relation …

Genes and longevity: a genetic-demographic approach reveals sex-and age-specific gene effects not shown by the case–control approach (APOE and HSP70. 1 loci)

S Dato, L Carotenuto, G De Benedictis - Biogerontology, 2007 - Springer
Association analyses between gene variability and human longevity carried out by
comparing gene frequencies between population samples of different ages (case/control …

Ageing and Toll-like receptor expression by innate immune cells in chronic human schistosomiasis

F Comin, E Speziali, OA Martins-Filho… - Clinical & …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
There has been no systematic study of the immune response of individuals aged over 60
years living in Schistosomiasis mansoni-endemic areas, although senescence is reportedly …

Aging influences multiple indices of oxidative stress in the heart of the Fischer 344/NNia× Brown Norway/BiNia rat

S Asano, KM Rice, S Kakarla, A Katta, DH Desai… - Redox …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
We report the influence of aging on multiple markers of oxidative-nitrosative stress in the
heart of adult (6-month), aged (30-month) and very aged (36-month) Fischer 344/NNiaHSd× …