Does aging affect the immune status? A comparative analysis in 300 healthy volunteers from France, Austria and Spain

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vasson, Marie Paule ^a,b,c   Farges, Marie Chantal ^a,b   Goncalves Mendes, Nicolas ^a,b   Talvas, Jérémie ^a,b   Ribalta, Josep ^d   Winklhofer Roob, Brigitte ^e   Rock, Edmond ^a,b   Rossary, Adrien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Europe; Immune status

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIPHTHERIA; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS; TETANUS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 84883534064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-10-38     Document Type: Article

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