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Functional regulatory T cells accumulate in aged hosts and promote chronic infectious disease reactivation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2008
Lages Celine S, Suffia Isabelle, Velilla Paula A, Huang Bin, Warshaw Gregg, Hildeman David A, Belkaid Yasmin, Chougnet Claire
Abstract excerpt
Declines in immune function are well described in the elderly and are considered to contribute significantly to the disease burden in this population. Regulatory T cells (T(regs)), a CD4(+) T cell subset usually characterized by high CD25 expression, control the intensity of immune responses both in rodents and humans. However, because CD25 expression does not define all T(regs), especially in aged hosts, we...
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