Innate immunity in aging: impact on macrophage function
- 9 July 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Aging Cell
- Vol. 3 (4), 161-167
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-9728.2004.00102.x
Abstract
Innate and adaptive immune functions decline with age, leading to increased susceptibility to infectious diseases and cancer, and reduced responses to preventive vaccination in the elderly population. Macrophages function as 'pathogen sensors' and play an important role in the initiation of inflammatory responses, elimination of pathogens, manipulation of the adaptive immune response and reparation of damaged tissue. In this paper, we review the literature addressing the impact of aging on the macrophage population.Keywords
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