Luigi Fontana

ORCID: 0000-0001-8500-5537 · 3 papers in corpus
2013
Will calorie restriction work in humans?
Aging ·doi:10.18632/aging.100581

Calorie Restriction (CR) without malnutrition slows aging and increases average and maximal lifespan in simple model organisms and rodents. In rhesus monkeys long-term CR reduces the incidence of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and …

2011
Calorie restriction and prevention of age-associated chronic disease.
FEBS letters ·doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2011.03.015

Life expectancy in the world has increased dramatically during the last century; the number of older adults is expected to rise while the number of youths will decline in the near future. This demographic shift has considerable public healt…

2004
Hereditary and acquired angioedema: problems and progress: proceedings of the third C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency workshop and beyond.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2004.06.047

Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare but life-threatening condition, manifests as acute attacks of facial, laryngeal, genital, or peripheral swelling or abdominal pain secondary to intra-abdominal edema. Resulting from mutations affecting C1…