Aging exacerbates damage and delays repair of alveolar epithelia following influenza viral pneumonia

Aging exacerbates damage and delays repair of alveolar epithelia following influenza viral pneumonia

Background Influenza virus infection causes significantly higher levels of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Studies have shown that impaired immunity in the elderly contributes to the increased susceptibility to influenza virus infection, however, how aging affects the lung tissue damage and...

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Main Authors: Yin, Lu, Zheng, Dahai, Limmon, Gino V., Leung, Nicola H. N., Xu, Shuoyu, Rajapakse, Jagath C., Yu, Hanry, Chow, Vincent T. K., Chen, Jianzhu
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90829
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-3685
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90829
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-3685
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-6154

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