Aging of the immune system: A risk factor for autoimmunity?

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 136-139

  Prelog, Martina ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Autoimmunity; Immune risk phenotype; Immunosenescence; Na ve T cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD28 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7;

AGING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 31144475596     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2005.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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