The frail elderly: Role of dendritic cells in the susceptibility of infection

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 955-962

  Uyemura, Koichi ^a,b   Castle, Steven C ^a,b   Makinodan, Takashi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Dendritic cells; Frail elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS;

EID: 0037198015     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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