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SUBMITTER: Vescovini R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4039262 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vescovini Rosanna R Fagnoni Francesco Fausto FF Telera Anna Rita AR Bucci Laura L Pedrazzoni Mario M Magalini Francesca F Stella Adriano A Pasin Federico F Medici Maria Cristina MC Calderaro Adriana A Volpi Riccardo R Monti Daniela D Franceschi Claudio C Nikolich-Žugich Janko J Sansoni Paolo P
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 20131208 2
Alterations in the circulating CD8+ T cell pool, with a loss of naïve and accumulation of effector/effector memory cells, are pronounced in older adults. However, homeostatic forces that dictate such changes remain incompletely understood. This observational cross-sectional study explored the basis for variability of CD8+ T cell number and composition of its main subsets: naïve, central memory and effector memory T cells, in 131 cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositive subjects aged over 60 years. We ...[more]