Immunological and non-immunological mechanisms of allergic diseases in the elderly: biological and clinical characteristics

Abstract A better hygiene, a Westernized diet, air pollution, climate changes, and other factors that influence host microbiota, a key player in the induction and maintenance of immunoregulatory circuits and tolerance, are thought to be responsible for the increase of allergic diseases observed in t...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Danilo Di Bona, Federica Belluzzo, Luigi Macchia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Immunity & Ageing
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12979-017-0105-4