Leukocyte function in the aging immune system
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
The gracefully aging immune system.
Prolonged life expectancy in the 20th century has been one of humankind's greatest triumphs. However, the substantial increase in the human life span has ushered in a new concern: healthy aging. Because infectious diseases prominently contribute to morbidity in the particularly vulnerable elderly population, strategies for preventing these diseases would have a clear impact on improving healthy...
متن کاملThe Effects of Opium Addiction on the Immune System Function in Patients with Fungal Infection
Background: The use of narcotics such as opium exposes addicts as susceptible targets of different diseases so that they might easily be exposed to different diseases such as fungal infections. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of addiction to opium and fungal infection on plasma levels of certain cytokines including interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-17, Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) a...
متن کاملMolecular alterations in the aging immune system
T he study of the developing immune system during fetal and early postnatal life has contributed substantially to the biological and molecular understanding of the immune response. At the other extreme of lifespan, the immune systems of aged animals and humans also undergo characteristic changes, often in the direction of apparently decreased immune competence. Aging-related changes have been w...
متن کاملThe effect of Ramadan fasting on the function of the immune system
Fasting is one of the most important Islamic acts of worship ordered by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), the great Imams, and Muslim philosophers. Fasting has a tremendous effect on various aspects of human beings, including physical and mental health, cholesterol level control, and triglyceride level control, reducing the dimensions of depression, psychosis, anxiety, obsession, i...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Leukocyte Biology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0741-5400
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0809542