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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
Immunosenescence is the consequence of the continuous attrition caused by chronic antigenic stress. The most important characteristics of immunosenescence (accumulation of memory and effector T cells, reduction of naive T cells, shrinkage of T cell repertoire, reduction of the immunological space) are compatible with this assumption. Immunosenescence can be taken as proof that the beneficial effects of the immune system, devoted to the neutralization of harmful agents early in life, become detrimental late in life, in a period not foreseen by evolution. This perspective could explain the mechanisms of the ageing process as well as the pathogenesis of age-related diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
579
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2035-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Inflamm-ageing and lifelong antigenic load as major determinants of ageing rate and longevity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Via S. Sisto, 22/E, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article