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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Westera L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4364834 | biostudies-other | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Aging cell 20150128 2
In healthy humans, lymphocyte populations are maintained at a relatively constant size throughout life, reflecting a balance between lymphocyte production and loss. Given the profound immunological changes that occur during healthy aging, including a significant decline in T-cell production by the thymus, lymphocyte maintenance in the elderly is generally thought to require homeostatic alterations in lymphocyte dynamics. Surprisingly, using in vivo (2) H2 O labeling, we find similar dynamics of ...[more]