Immunological aspects of age-related diseases
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Immunological aspects of age-related diseases
The proportion of elderly people rises in the developed countries. The increased susceptibility of the elderly to infectious diseases is caused by immune dysfunction, especially T cell functional decline. Age-related hematopoietic stem cells deviate from lymphoid lineage to myeloid lineage. Thymus shrinks early in life, which is followed by the decline of naïve T cells. T-cell receptor repertoi...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1949-8454
DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v8.i2.129