Mechanisms of lung aging

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 469-480

  Brandenberger, Christina ^a,b,c   Mühlfeld, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH (From Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy)   (Germany)

^c Member of the German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular senescence; Immunosenescence; Lung function; Microbiome; Pulmonary aging; Pulmonary cells;

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; DAMAGE ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRONCHOEPITHELIAL CELL; CELL AGING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SENSORY NERVE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84991089503     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2511-x     Document Type: Review

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