| Literature DB >> 26194480 |
Nichol E Holodick1, Thomas L Rothstein1,2.
Abstract
The investigation of immune senescence has uncovered many changes in B cell development, maintenance, and function with increasing age. However, most of these studies have focused on conventional B cell subsets in the spleen. The B-1 cell subset is an essential arm of the innate immune system, which in general has been understudied in terms of immune senescence. Here, we review what is currently known about B cells during aging and go on to describe why B-1 cell biology is an important component of the aging immune system in the context of diseases that most affect the aged population.Entities:
Keywords: B cells; B-1 cells; aging; senescence
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26194480 PMCID: PMC4679494 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12825
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci ISSN: 0077-8923 Impact factor: 5.691