Article
Aging and the skin immune system.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Oct 1997
Sunderkötter C, Kalden H, Luger T A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To give a brief summary of age-related alterations that occur in the immune system (immunosenescence), with special regard to the skin immune system. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE and institutional libraries were searched for relevant articles on immunosenescence and corresponding key words. D...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Aged
- Aging
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- B-Lymphocytes
- Bacterial Infections
- Cytokines
- Disease Susceptibility
- Endotoxins
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunologic Memory
- Immunophenotyping
- Keratinocytes
- Langerhans Cells
- Lymphocyte Activation