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SUBMITTER: Olivieri F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481482 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mechanisms of ageing and development 20161213 Pt B
Human aging is a lifelong process characterized by a continuous trade-off between pro-and anti-inflammatory responses, where the best-adapted and/or remodeled genetic/epigenetic profile may develop a longevity phenotype. Centenarians and their offspring represent such a phenotype and their comparison to patients with age-related diseases (ARDs) is expected to maximize the chance to unravel the genetic makeup that better associates with healthy aging trajectories. Seemingly, such comparison is ex ...[more]