Is Infant Immunity Actively Suppressed or Immature?

Almost 7 million children under the age 5 die each year, and most of these deaths are attributable to vaccine-preventable infections. Young infants respond poorly to infections and vaccines. In particular, dendritic cells secrete less IL-12 and IL-18, CD8pos T cells and NK cells have defective cytol...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Virology : research and treatment 2014, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-9
Hauptverfasser:	Gervassi, Ana L., Horton, Helen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Gene expression Health aspects Immune response Infants Patient outcomes Physiological aspects Review T cells
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