Evidence for less marked potential signs of T-cell immunosenescence in centenarian offspring than in the general age-matched population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69 A, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 495-504

  Pellicanò, Mariavaleria ^a   Buffa, Silvio ^b   Goldeck, David ^a   Bulati, Matteo ^b   Martorana, Adriana ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^b   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^b   Pawelec, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarian offspring; Immunosenescence; Longevity; T cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CENTENARIAN OFFSPRING.; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; CENTENARIAN OFFSPRING.; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; LONGEVITY; T CELLS;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84899087325     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt120     Document Type: Article

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