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Cytomegalovirus Infection Minimally Affects the Frequencies of B-Cell Phenotypes in Peripheral Blood of Younger and Older Adults.
Gerontology - 1 Jan 2016
Goldeck David, Oettinger Lilly, Janssen Nicole, Demuth Ilja, Steinhagen-Thiessen Elisabeth, Pawelec Graham
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An accumulation of late-differentiated CD8+ T-cells together with fewer B-cells and seropositivity for cytomegalovirus (CMV) characterises an 'immune risk profile' associated with mortality in elderly people and represents one of the hallmarks of 'immunosenescence'. OBJECTIVES: While differences in memory T-cell phenotypes between young and old people have been intensively studied, and the role of CMV...
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