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Age-Related Changes in the Natural Killer Cell Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Are Not Influenced by a Synbiotic: a Randomised Controlled Trial.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Przemska-Kosicka Agnieszka, Childs Caroline E, Maidens Catherine, Dong Honglin, Todd Susan, Gosney Margot A, Tuohy Kieran Michael, Yaqoob Parveen
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells are an important component of the immune response to influenza infection, but are subject to alteration during aging, which may play a role in impaired response to infection and vaccination in older people. Enhancement of NK cell activity could, therefore, present a means to improve the immune response to vaccination in older subjects, and pre- and probiotics offer an opportunity to...
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