Robertina Giacconi

Plasma copper/zinc ratio: an inflammatory/nutritional biomarker as predictor of all-cause mortality in elderly population

Marco Malavolta, Robertina Giacconi, Francesco Piacenza et al. · Biogerontology · 2009 · 172 citations

Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, All-cause Mortality +10

Disturbed zinc homeostasis in diabetic patients by in vitro and in vivo analysis of insulinomimetic activity of zinc

Judith Jansen, Eva Rosenkranz, Silke Overbeck et al. · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 2012 · 122 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Disturbed Zinc Homeostasis, Vivo Analysis +12

Metallothioneins/PARP-1/IL-6 interplay on natural killer cell activity in elderly: parallelism with nonagenarians and old infected humans. Effect of zinc supply

Eugenio Mocchegiani, Mario Muzzioli, Robertina Giacconi et al. · Mechanisms of Ageing and Development · 2003 · 111 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Autoimmune Disease +10

Novel -209A/G MT2A Polymorphism in Old Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerosis: Relationship with Inflammation (IL-6) and Zinc

Robertina Giacconi, Catia Cipriano, Elisa Muti et al. · Biogerontology · 2005 · 97 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Genetic Determinant, Diabetes Epidemiology +10

The −174G/C polymorphism of IL-6 is useful to screen old subjects at risk for atherosclerosis or to reach successful ageing

Robertina Giacconi, Catia Cipriano, Francesco Albanese et al. · Experimental Gerontology · 2004 · 94 citations

Inflammation, Aging, Medicine +15