Inflamm-aging. An evolutionary perspective on immunosenescence.
Franceschi C, Bonafè M, Valensin S, Olivieri F, De Luca M, Ottaviani E, De Benedictis G.
Franceschi C, et al.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2000 Jun;908:244-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06651.x.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2000.
PMID: 10911963
Review.
This phenomenon, which we will refer to as "inflamm-aging," is provoked by a continuous antigenic load and stress. On the basis of evolutionary studies, we also argue that the immune and the stress responses are equivalent and that antigens are nothing other …
This phenomenon, which we will refer to as "inflamm-aging," is provoked by a continuous antigenic load and stress. On the basi …