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Study of the association with -330T/G IL-2 in a population of centenarians from centre and south Italy.
Biogerontology - 1 Dec 2005
Scola Letizia, Candore Giuseppina, Colonna-Romano Giuseppina, Crivello Antonio, Forte Giusi I, Paolisso Giuseppe, Franceschi Claudio, Lio Domenico, Caruso Calogero
Abstract excerpt
Immune response in elderly is characterised by a progressive loss of the ability to cope environmental stressors with a characteristic remodelling of cytokine network. One of the data constantly reported in literature is the decrease of IL-2 production. An IL-2 central role in the reconstitution of T cell function in vitro is largely documented. Studies on a T-->G polymorphism at -330 nt of IL-2 gene promoter...
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