Strategies to improve the functions and redox state of the immune system in aged subjects

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 3966-3993

  de la Fuente, Mónica ^a   Cruces, Julia ^a   Hernandez, Oskarina ^a   Ortega, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Behavior; Environmental enrichment; Hormesis; Immune system; Oxi inflamm aging; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; GENETIC PROGRAM; GENETIC REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STRESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMESIS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

EID: 84855222570     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211798764861     Document Type: Article

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