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Phylogenetic analysis of the human antibody repertoire reveals quantitative signatures of immune senescence and aging.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Jan 2017
de Bourcy Charles F A, Angel Cesar J Lopez, Vollmers Christopher, Dekker Cornelia L, Davis Mark M, Quake Stephen R
Abstract excerpt
The elderly have reduced humoral immunity, as manifested by increased susceptibility to infections and impaired vaccine responses. To investigate the effects of aging on B-cell receptor (BCR) repertoire evolution during an immunological challenge, we used a phylogenetic distance metric to analyze Ig heavy-chain transcript sequences in both young and elderly individuals before and after influenza vaccination. We...
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