CD8+T Cell Subsets in Aging
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Immunological Investigations
- Vol. 24 (6), 891-895
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08820139509060715
Abstract
Infections are a major cause of illness and death amongst elderly people. Peripheral blood CD8+ T lymphocytes -which play a crucial role in host defence against viral infections-, are divided in subsets based upon the expression of several cell and activation markers. Since in senescence changes in peripheral blood CD8+ T lymphocyte compartment have been described, studies were performed to determine whether in aging there are variations in the peripheral blood CD8+CD38+, CD8+CD57+, CD8+HLA-DR+, CD8+CD45RA+ and CD8+CD45RO+ cell subset. A decrease in the CD8+CD45RA+ lymphocytes was observed, indicating that variations in the CD8+ compartment can take place with ageing.Keywords
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