{"title":"Immunosenescence: deficits in adaptive immunity in the elderly.","authors":"F T Hakim, R E Gress","doi":"10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00891.x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aging is associated clinically with increases in the frequency and severity of infectious diseases and an increased incidence of cancer, chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmunity. These age-associated immune dysfunctions are the consequence of declines in both the generation of new naïve T and B lymphocytes and the functional competence of memory populations. These alterations collectively are termed immunosenescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23105,"journal":{"name":"Tissue antigens","volume":"70 3","pages":"179-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00891.x","citationCount":"213","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tissue antigens","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00891.x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aging is associated clinically with increases in the frequency and severity of infectious diseases and an increased incidence of cancer, chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmunity. These age-associated immune dysfunctions are the consequence of declines in both the generation of new naïve T and B lymphocytes and the functional competence of memory populations. These alterations collectively are termed immunosenescence.