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Biomarkers of immunosenescence within an evolutionary perspective: the challenge of heterogeneity and the role of antigenic load.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Dec 1999
Franceschi C, Valensin S, Fagnoni F, Barbi C, Bonafè M
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Under an evolutionary perspective, antigens can be considered nothing else than chronic stressors that constituted the major selective pressure for immune system emergence and evolution. In this review, recent data are discussed under the hypothesis that human immunosenescence is the consequence...
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