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Phenotypic and functional changes of circulating monocytes and polymorphonuclear leucocytes from elderly persons.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Aug 2004
De Martinis Massimo, Modesti Marco, Ginaldi Lia
Abstract excerpt
The function and phenotype of monocytes and granulocytes in the elderly is consistently remodelled. Because leucocyte adhesion molecules play important roles in mediating a wide variety of leucocyte functions, age-related changes in their expression on granulocyte and monocyte surfaces could be partially responsible for immune dysfunctions during senescence. Considering the central role of innate immunity in the...
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