Impact of sex steroid ablation on viral, tumour and vaccine responses in aged mice.

Recent evidence suggests that the decline in resistance to viral infections with age occurs predominantly as a result of a gradual loss of naïve antigen-specific T cells. As such, restoration of the naïve T cell repertoire to levels seen in young healthy adults may improve defence against infection...

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Main Authors: Tracy S P Heng, Jessica J Reiseger, Anne L Fletcher, Graham R Leggatt, Olivia J White, Katerina Vlahos, Ian H Frazer, Stephen J Turner, Richard L Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411797?pdf=render