B-cell diversity decreases in old age and is correlated with poor health status

Older people suffer from a decline in immune system, which affects their ability to respond to infections and to raise efficient responses to vaccines. Effective and specific antibodies in responses from older individuals are decreased in favour of non-specific antibody production. We investigated t...

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Autores principales: Gibson, Kate L, Wu, Yu-Chang, Barnett, Yvonne, Duggan, Orla, Vaughan, Robert, Kondeatis, Elli, Nilsson, Bengt-Olof, Wikby, Anders, Kipling, David, Dunn-Walters, Deborah K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18986373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-9726.2008.00443.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18986373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-9726.2008.00443.x

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