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Aging is associated with chronic innate immune activation and dysregulation of monocyte phenotype and function.
Aging cell - 1 Oct 2012
Hearps Anna C, Martin Genevieve E, Angelovich Thomas A, Cheng Wan-Jung, Maisa Anna, Landay Alan L, Jaworowski Anthony, Crowe Suzanne M
Abstract excerpt
Chronic inflammation in older individuals is thought to contribute to inflammatory, age-related diseases. Human monocytes are comprised of three subsets (classical, intermediate and nonclassical subsets), and despite being critical regulators of inflammation, the effect of age on the functionality of monocyte subsets remains to be fully defined. In a cross-sectional study involving 91 healthy male (aged 20-84...
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