B cell immunosenescence: different features of naive and memory B cells in elderly

Elderly people show a reduced protection against new infections and a decreased response to vaccines as a consequence of impairment of both cellular and humoral immunity. In this paper we have studied memory/naïve B cells in the elderly, evaluating surface immunoglobulin expression, production of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biogerontology (Dordrecht) 2011-10, Vol.12 (5), p.473-483
Hauptverfasser: Buffa, Silvio, Bulati, Matteo, Pellicanò, Mariavaleria, Dunn-Walters, Deborah K., Wu, Yu-Chang, Candore, Giuseppina, Vitello, Salvatore, Caruso, Calogero, Colonna-Romano, Giuseppina
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