The immune systems of men and women differ in significant ways, especially after puberty.
In particular, females are generally more prone to autoimmunity, but experience lower rates …

The immune systems of post-pubescent males and females differ significantly with profound
consequences to health and disease. In many cases, sex-specific differences in the immune …

Do men die young and sick, or do women live long and healthy? By trying to explain the
sexual dimorphism in life expectancy, both biological and environmental aspects are …

Gender and sex are known to be associated with longevity. While males are usually
stronger, females live longer. In the Western world, the life expectancy of individual born …

The concept of immunosenescence reflects age-related changes in immune responses,
both cellular and serological, affecting the process of generating specific responses to …

Aging of the immune system in humans and animals is characterized by a decline in both
adaptive and innate immune responses. Paradoxically, aging is also associated with a state …

The aging process is driven by multiple mechanisms that lead to changes in energy
production, oxidative stress, homeostatic dysregulation and eventually to loss of functionality …

In the classic sense, immunity is the ability of an organism to resist disease. On the one
hand, we must distinguish between age and disease; on the other hand, the interaction …

Aging leads to numerous changes that affect all physiological systems of the body including
the immune system, causing greater susceptibility to infectious disease and contributing to …

Immunosenescence is a term used to describe the age-related changes in the immune
system. Immunosenescence is associated with complex alterations and dysregulation of …