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Anthony D Foster1, Amogh Sivarapatna, Ronald E Gress.
Abstract
The incidence of most common cancers increases with age. This occurs in association with, and is possibly caused by a decline in immune function, termed immune senescence. Although the size of the T-cell compartment is quantitatively maintained into older age, several deleterious changes (including significant changes to T-cell subsets) occur over time that significantly impair immunity. This article highlights some of the recent findings regarding the aging immune system, with an emphasis on the T-cell compartment and its role in cancer.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 22121388 PMCID: PMC3222953 DOI: 10.2217/ahe.11.56
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aging health ISSN: 1745-509X