Neutrophils in biological age and longevity
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Nova Science Publishers,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cell biology research progress |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 84 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781617282812 (softcover) 1617282812 (softcover) |
Index Number: | R331 |
CLC: | R331.1 |
Call Number: | R331.1/A454 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The aging process, longevity, and biological age -- Theories of aging : the integrated theory of aging -- The immune system as a homeostatic system : the psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune communication and its alteration with aging -- Immunosenescence and age-related changes in the innate immunity -- Functions of neutrophils and age-related changes -- The immune system, a marker of biological age and predictor of longevity -- The role of oxidative stress and inflammatory stress in immunosenescence -- The role of the phagocytic cells in oxi-inflamm-aging -- Influential factors over the functional |