The Impact of Aging on the Lung Alveolar Environment, Predetermining Susceptibility to Respiratory Infections

Respiratory infections are one of the top causes of death in the elderly population, displaying susceptibility factors with increasing age that are potentially amenable to interventions. We posit that with increasing age there are predictable tissue-specific changes that prevent the immune system fr...

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Main Authors: Jordi B. Torrelles, Blanca I. Restrepo, Yidong Bai, Corinna Ross, Larry S. Schlesinger, Joanne Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2022.818700/full