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Innate immunity in aging: impact on macrophage function #MMPMID15268749
Plowden J; Renshaw-Hoelscher M; Engleman C; Katz J; Sambhara S
Aging Cell 2004[Aug]; 3 (4): 161-7 PMID15268749show ga
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.