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Diversity of NKR expression in aging T cells and in T cells of the aged: the new frontier into the exploration of protective immunity in the elderly.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Jul 2005
Abedin Sameem, Michel Joshua J, Lemster Bonnie, Vallejo Abbe N
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Aging in the immune system is characterized by the contraction of the lymphocyte repertoire, exemplified by long-lived oligoclonal T cells that pervade the peripheral circulation. T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire contraction likely explains the decline in immunity with chronological age as evidenced by the increased morbidity and mortality to common and new infections, and the low rates of protective responses to...
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