CD4:8 ratio >5 is associated with a dominant naive t-cell phenotype and impaired physical functioning in CMV-seropositive very elderly people: Results from the BELFRAIL study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-154

  Adriaensen, Wim ^a,b   Derhovanessian, Evelyna ^c   Vaes, Bert ^a,b   Van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^a,b   Degryse, Jean Marie ^a,b   Pawelec, Graham ^c   Hamprecht, Klaus ^d   Theeten, Heidi ^e   Mathei, Catharina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CD4:8 ratio; Cytomegalovirus; Physical functioning; T cell subsets; Very elderly people

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGING; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84922476518     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu018     Document Type: Article

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