Immunological and non-immunological mechanisms of allergic diseases in the elderly: Biological and clinical characteristics

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a,c   Di Bona, Danilo ^b   Belluzzo, Federica ^a   Macchia, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (DiBiMIS)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Elderly; Immunosenescence; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WESTERN DIET;

EID: 85038629557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12979-017-0105-4     Document Type: Review

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