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Does metabolic reprogramming underpin age-associated changes in T cell phenotype and function?
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Jun 2014
Torrão Rita C, Bennett Stuart J, Brown James E, Griffiths Helen R
Abstract excerpt
T cells are required for an effective adaptive immune response. The principal function of T cells is to promote efficient removal of foreign material by identifying and mounting a specific response to nonself. A decline in T cell function in aging is thought to contribute to reduced response to infection and vaccination and an increase in autoimmunity. This may in part be due to the age-related decrease in naïve...
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