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Aging exacerbates damage and delays repair of alveolar epithelia following influenza viral pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Influenza virus infection causes significantly higher levels of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Studies have shown that impaired immunity in the elderly contributes to the increased susceptibility to influenza virus infection, however, how aging affects the lung tissue damage and...

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Autores principales: Yin, Lu, Zheng, Dahai, Limmon, Gino V, Leung, Nicola HN, Xu, Shuoyu, Rajapakse, Jagath C, Yu, Hanry, Chow, Vincent TK, Chen, Jianzhu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25265939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-014-0116-z