Sunday, December 30, 2007

Genetic Influences in Later Life

Greetings,

This is a place for discussion of the books on Genetic Influences in Later Life:


Global Health and Global Aging
by Mary Robinson, William Novelli, Clarence Pearson, and Laurie Norris (Hardcover - Nov 2, 2007)

Excerpt - page 270: "... apart, attributed 35 percent of the variance in longevity to genetic influences ..."

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Anemia in the Elderly
by Lodovico Balducci, William B. Ershler, and John M. Bennett (Hardcover - Sep 10, 2007)

Excerpt - page 16: "... (1997) Genetic influences determining progenitor cell mobilization and leukocytosis induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating ..."

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Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, Fourth Edition
by Paola S. Timiras (Hardcover - Aug 16, 2007)

Excerpt - page 251: "... Consequences of risk factors may also vary according the genetic makeup of the affected individual ... ages implies that the genetic influence decreases as the individual ages (15,16). FIGURE 1 Morphology of ..."

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The Biology of Human Longevity:
by Caleb E. Finch (Hardcover - Jul 17, 2007)

Excerpt - page 10: "... 10 The Biology of Human Longevity Chapter 5 reviews genetic influences on inflammation, metabolism, and longevity in animal models and humans. ..."

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Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution (Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology)
by Steven A. Frank (Paperback - Jul 2, 2007)

Excerpt - page 231: "... providing a mechanistic understanding of how genetic variation influences an important aspect of cancer predisposition (de Boer 2002). AGE-SPECIFIC ..."

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Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman: Basic and Clinical Aspects, 3rd Edition
by Rogerio A. Lobo (Hardcover - Jun 6, 2007)

Excerpt - page 43: "... Biol 1997;74: 63-66. 10. Treloar SA, Do KA, Martin NG. Genetic influences on the age at menopause. Lancet 1998;352:1084-1085. 11. Snieder H, ..."

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Medical Problems in Women over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans Do Not Apply
by Margaret Rees and Louis G. Keith (Hardcover - May 30, 2007)

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Geriatric Diabetes
by Medha N. Munshi and Lewis A. Lipsitz (Hardcover - May 21, 2007)

Excerpt - page 26: "... Bladbjerg EM, Hjelmborg JB, Bathum L, Jespersen J, Christensen K. Genetic influence on inflammation variables in the elderly. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ..."

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Oxidative Stress and Neurodegenerative Disorders
by G. Ali Qureshi and S. Hasan Parvez (Hardcover - May 3, 2007)

Excerpt - page 188: "... or by incubation with iron (71). INTERACTION OF ROS WITH GENETIC INFLUENCES, PROTEIN AGGREGATION AND LEWY BODIES (LBS) Sporadic PD mimics monogenetic ..."

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Parkinson's Disease: Genetics and Pathogenesis (Neurological Disease and Therapy)
by Ted M. Dawson (Hardcover - April 25, 2007)

Excerpt - page 42: "... of epidemiologic research may, however, provide important information about the influence of genetic factors in the development of PD. In case-control studies, those ..."

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Neurobiology of Epilepsy and Aging, Volume 81 (International Review of Neurobiology.) (International Review of Neurobiology)
by R. Eugene Ramsay, James C. Cloyd, Kevin M. Kelly, and Ilo E. Leppik (Hardcover - April 16, 2007)

Excerpt - page 26: "... 68(Suppl. 1), S5-S20. Kempermann, G., and Gage, F. H. (2002). Genetic influence on phenotypic differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. ..."

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Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)
by Trygve O. Tollefsbol (Hardcover - April 5, 2007)

Excerpt - page 322: "... CTL) response in it tumor model. However, the genetic factors that influence age- related thymic involution are not well understood. We have ..."

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Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis (Clinical Trials)
by Derek Pearson and Colin G. Miller (Paperback - Mar 28, 2007)

Excerpt - page 270: "... attention is paid at the general practitioner (GP) level. 14.6. Genetic Influence and Genetic Screening During the course of writing this book, ..."

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Handbook of Parkinson's Disease, Fourth Edition (Neurological Disease and Therapy)
by Rajesh Pahwa and Kelly E. Lyons (Hardcover - Mar 23, 2007)
Buy new: $229.95 14 Used & new from $191.29

Excerpt - page 204: "... The genetic influence of LRRK2 to seemingly sporadic PD continues to expand (71-73), ..."

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Retinal Degenerations: Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics (Ophthalmology Research)
by Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin J. Barnstable (Hardcover - Mar 20, 2007)

Excerpt - page 18: "... A genetic influence for all these geographic atrophy cases has been suggested (39). ..."

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Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions (Society for the Study of Human Biology)
by Alan D. Dangour, Emily M. D. Grundy, and Astrid E. Fletcher (Paperback - Mar 12, 2007)

Excerpt - page 58: "... 58 Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions Molecular genetic studies There are important genetic influences on the diseases of late life. These conditions are major ..."

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Females Are Mosaics: X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease
by Barbara Migeon (Hardcover - Mar 5, 2007)

Excerpt - page 195: "... mutations within the same gene are compelling examples of the influence of the single active X and cell mosa- icism on manifestations of genetic disease. ..."

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Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine: A Case-Based Approach by H. Fernandez, C.K. Cassel, R.M. Leipzig, and Rainier Patrick Soriano (Paperback - Feb 26, 2007)

Excerpt - page 148: "... 26). However, there are still major unanswered questions on the influence of genetics, caloric intake, hypertension, ethnic and racial factors, and environmental influences. ..."

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Apoptosis, Cell Signaling, and Human Diseases
by Rakesh Srivastava (Hardcover - Feb 2, 2007)

Excerpt - page 66: "... undergo apoptosis (15). The nature of dormancy remains elusive, but genetic and/or environmental influences may shunt cells out of dormancy into an antiapoptotic, highly ..."

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Developments in Genetic Hearing Impairment
by Dafydd Stephens, Andrew P. Read, and Alessandro Martini (Paperback - Jan 29, 2007)

Excerpt - page 125: "... give further support to the hypothesis that additional factors, either genetic or environmental, ..."

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Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging
by Ronald P. Abeles, Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro (Hardcover - Jan 26, 2007)

Excerpt - page 169: "... a very early age, temperament forms as a function of genetic influences, in utero hor- ..."

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Alzheimer's Disease: Advances in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology
by Sangram S. Sisodia and Rudolph E. Tanzi (Hardcover - Dec 28, 2006)

Excerpt - page 40: "... family of transcription factors (Kopan and Goate 2000). While the genetics do not tell at what level PS influences the Notch signalling pathway, ..."

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Global Health and Global Aging
Global Health and Global Aging by Mary Robinson, William Novelli, Clarence Pearson, and Laurie Norris (Hardcover - Nov 2, 2007)
Buy new: $50.00 $39.50 20 Used & new from $34.95
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 17 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 270: "... apart, attributed 35 percent of the variance in longevity to genetic influences ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.

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Anemia in the Elderly
Anemia in the Elderly by Lodovico Balducci, William B. Ershler, and John M. Bennett (Hardcover - Sep 10, 2007)
Buy new: $119.00 $110.00 21 Used & new from $94.99
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 13 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 16: "... (1997) Genetic influences determining progenitor cell mobilization and leukocytosis induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.

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Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, Fourth Edition
Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, Fourth Edition by Paola S. Timiras (Hardcover - Aug 16, 2007)
Buy new: $229.95 17 Used & new from $188.00
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 10 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 251: "... Consequences of risk factors may also vary according the genetic makeup of the affected individual ... ages implies that the genetic influence decreases as the individual ages (15,16). FIGURE 1 Morphology of ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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The Biology of Human Longevity:
The Biology of Human Longevity: by Caleb E. Finch (Hardcover - Jul 17, 2007)
Buy new: $69.95 $63.20 19 Used & new from $57.56
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 10: "... 10 The Biology of Human Longevity Chapter 5 reviews genetic influences on inflammation, metabolism, and longevity in animal models and humans. ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution (Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology)
Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution (Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology) by Steven A. Frank (Paperback - Jul 2, 2007)
Buy new: $39.50 $31.90 13 Used & new from $30.00
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 14 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Other Editions: Hardcover
Excerpt - page 231: "... providing a mechanistic understanding of how genetic variation influences an important aspect of cancer predisposition (de Boer 2002). AGE-SPECIFIC ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman: Basic and Clinical Aspects, 3rd Edition
Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman: Basic and Clinical Aspects, 3rd Edition by Rogerio A. Lobo (Hardcover - Jun 6, 2007)
Buy new: $149.95 $134.00 26 Used & new from $119.28
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 43: "... Biol 1997;74: 63-66. 10. Treloar SA, Do KA, Martin NG. Genetic influences on the age at menopause. Lancet 1998;352:1084-1085. 11. Snieder H, ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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Medical Problems in Women over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans Do Not Apply
Medical Problems in Women over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans Do Not Apply by Margaret Rees and Louis G. Keith (Hardcover - May 30, 2007)
Buy new: $94.95 18 Used & new from $82.27
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 10 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
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Geriatric Diabetes
Geriatric Diabetes by Medha N. Munshi and Lewis A. Lipsitz (Hardcover - May 21, 2007)
Buy new: $179.95 22 Used & new from $154.24
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 10 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 26: "... Bladbjerg EM, Hjelmborg JB, Bathum L, Jespersen J, Christensen K. Genetic influence on inflammation variables in the elderly. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.


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Oxidative Stress and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Oxidative Stress and Neurodegenerative Disorders by G. Ali Qureshi and S. Hasan Parvez (Hardcover - May 3, 2007)
Buy new: $170.00 $152.00 17 Used & new from $142.50
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
Excerpt - page 188: "... or by incubation with iron (71). INTERACTION OF ROS WITH GENETIC INFLUENCES, PROTEIN AGGREGATION AND LEWY BODIES (LBS) Sporadic PD mimics monogenetic ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
-----------------------
Parkinson's Disease: Genetics and Pathogenesis (Neurological Disease and Therapy)
Parkinson's Disease: Genetics and Pathogenesis (Neurological Disease and Therapy) by Ted M. Dawson (Hardcover - April 25, 2007)
Buy new: $249.95 $223.00 15 Used & new from $207.95
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 9 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 42: "... of epidemiologic research may, however, provide important information about the influence of genetic factors in the development of PD. In case-control studies, those ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
-----------------------

Neurobiology of Epilepsy and Aging, Volume 81 (International Review of Neurobiology.) (International Review of Neurobiology)
Neurobiology of Epilepsy and Aging, Volume 81 (International Review of Neurobiology.) (International Review of Neurobiology) by R. Eugene Ramsay, James C. Cloyd, Kevin M. Kelly, and Ilo E. Leppik (Hardcover - April 16, 2007)
Buy new: $149.95 23 Used & new from $49.59
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 9 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
Excerpt - page 26: "... 68(Suppl. 1), S5-S20. Kempermann, G., and Gage, F. H. (2002). Genetic influence on phenotypic differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
--------------------
Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)
Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Trygve O. Tollefsbol (Hardcover - April 5, 2007)
Buy new: $125.00 $118.00 33 Used & new from $94.40
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 14 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 322: "... CTL) response in it tumor model. However, the genetic factors that influence age- related thymic involution are not well understood. We have ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
----------------------
Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis (Clinical Trials)
Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis (Clinical Trials) by Derek Pearson and Colin G. Miller (Paperback - Mar 28, 2007)
Buy new: $94.95 20 Used & new from $72.00
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 9 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback
Excerpt - page 270: "... attention is paid at the general practitioner (GP) level. 14.6. Genetic Influence and Genetic Screening During the course of writing this book, ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
-----------------------
Handbook of Parkinson's Disease, Fourth Edition (Neurological Disease and Therapy)
Handbook of Parkinson's Disease, Fourth Edition (Neurological Disease and Therapy) by Rajesh Pahwa and Kelly E. Lyons (Hardcover - Mar 23, 2007)
Buy new: $229.95 14 Used & new from $191.29
Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Other Editions: Kindle Edition, Hardcover
Excerpt - page 204: "... The genetic influence of LRRK2 to seemingly sporadic PD continues to expand (71-73), ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
---------------------
Retinal Degenerations: Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics (Ophthalmology Research)
Retinal Degenerations: Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics (Ophthalmology Research) by Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin J. Barnstable (Hardcover - Mar 20, 2007)
Buy new: $165.00 $152.00 29 Used & new from $95.00
In Stock
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 18: "... A genetic influence for all these geographic atrophy cases has been suggested (39). ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
----------------------
Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions (Society for the Study of Human Biology)
Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions (Society for the Study of Human Biology) by Alan D. Dangour, Emily M. D. Grundy, and Astrid E. Fletcher (Paperback - Mar 12, 2007)
Buy new: $99.95 16 Used & new from $64.95
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 9 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 58: "... 58 Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions Molecular genetic studies There are important genetic influences on the diseases of late life. These conditions are major ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
---------------------
Females Are Mosaics: X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease
Females Are Mosaics: X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease by Barbara Migeon (Hardcover - Mar 5, 2007)
Buy new: $59.95 23 Used & new from $43.94
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 195: "... mutations within the same gene are compelling examples of the influence of the single active X and cell mosa- icism on manifestations of genetic disease. ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
----------------------
Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine: A Case-Based Approach
Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine: A Case-Based Approach by H. Fernandez, C.K. Cassel, R.M. Leipzig, and Rainier Patrick Soriano (Paperback - Feb 26, 2007)
Buy new: $49.95 $41.40 30 Used & new from $32.49
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 148: "... 26). However, there are still major unanswered questions on the influence of genetics, caloric intake, hypertension, ethnic and racial factors, and environmental influences. ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.

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Apoptosis, Cell Signaling, and Human Diseases
Apoptosis, Cell Signaling, and Human Diseases by Rakesh Srivastava (Hardcover - Feb 2, 2007)
Buy new: $145.00 $130.00 18 Used & new from $70.00
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 12 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Other Editions: Hardcover
Excerpt - page 66: "... undergo apoptosis (15). The nature of dormancy remains elusive, but genetic and/or environmental influences may shunt cells out of dormancy into an antiapoptotic, highly ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
---------------
Developments in Genetic Hearing Impairment
Developments in Genetic Hearing Impairment by Dafydd Stephens, Andrew P. Read, and Alessandro Martini (Paperback - Jan 29, 2007)
Buy new: $75.00 26 Used & new from $6.97
In Stock
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 125: "... give further support to the hypothesis that additional factors, either genetic or environmental, ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging
Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging by Ronald P. Abeles, Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro (Hardcover - Jan 26, 2007)
Buy new: $55.00 $51.30 18 Used & new from $35.00
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 9 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 169: "... a very early age, temperament forms as a function of genetic influences, in utero hor- ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
------------------
Alzheimer's Disease: Advances in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Alzheimer's Disease: Advances in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology by Sangram S. Sisodia and Rudolph E. Tanzi (Hardcover - Dec 28, 2006)
Buy new: $139.00 $93.90 20 Used & new from $93.90
Get it by Wednesday, Jan 2 if you order in the next 15 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
Excerpt - page 40: "... family of transcription factors (Kopan and Goate 2000). While the genetics do not tell at what level PS influences the Notch signalling pathway, ..."
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.
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