Cancer-Associated Immune Deficiency: A Form of Accelerated Immunosenescence?
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Immunosenescence and HIV.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review discusses the interplay between HIV infection and other environmental factors (e.g. co-infection with CMV) in the acceleration of the aging process of the immune system, leading to 'immunosenescence.' RECENT FINDINGS Basic studies in cell biology demonstrate that replicative senescence is a common pathway of many cell lineages, including those of the immun...
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