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SUBMITTER: Murray MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4495178 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Murray Michelle A MA Chotirmall Sanjay H SH
Mediators of inflammation 20150623
The global population is aging with significant gains in life expectancy particularly in the developed world. Consequently, greater focus on understanding the processes that underlie physiological aging has occurred. Key facets of advancing age include genomic instability, telomere shortening, epigenetic changes, and declines in immune function termed immunosenescence. Immunosenescence and its associated chronic low grade systemic "inflamm-aging" contribute to the development and progression of ...[more]