Quantity, not quality, of antibody response decreased in the elderly

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2981-2983

  Blomberg, Bonnie B ^a   Frasca, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 79960984193     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI58406     Document Type: Note

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