Evolution of the immune system in humans from infancy to old age

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1821, 2015, Pages

  Simon, A Katharina ^a   Hollander, Georg A ^b   McMichael, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Infections; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING POPULATION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84952047205     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.3085     Document Type: Review

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