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Aging Down-Regulates the Transcription Factor E2A, Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase, and Ig Class Switch in Human B Cells
1 Apr 2008
Abstract excerpt
Elderly humans have compromised humoral and cellular immune responses, which lead to reduced protection to infectious agents and to vaccines. Currently, available vaccines suboptimally protect the elderly population. The capacity to class switch the Ig H chain is critical to the effectiveness of humoral immune responses in mice and humans. We have previously shown in mice that the E2A-encoded transcription factor...
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