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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Immunosenescence and the Hallmarks of Aging.
Current aging science - 1 Jan 2015
Chalan Paulina, van den Berg Anke, Kroesen Bart-Jan, Brouwer Liesbeth, Boots Annemieke
Abstract excerpt
Age is the most important risk factor for the development of infectious diseases, cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The very act of living causes damage to cells. A network of molecular, cellular and physiological maintenance and repair systems creates a buffering capacity against these damages. Aging leads to progressive shrinkage of the buffering capacity and...
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