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Energetics and the immune system: Trade-offs associated with non-acute levels of CRP in adolescent Gambian girls

Background and objectives: The human immune system is an ever-changing composition of innumerable cells and proteins, continually ready to respond to pathogens or insults. The cost of maintaining this state of immunological readiness is rarely considered. In this paper we aim to discern a cost to no...

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Autores principales: Shattuck-Heidorn, Heather, Reiches, Meredith W., Prentice, Andrew M., Moore, Sophie E., Ellison, Peter T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow034