The immune system undergoes continuousmorphologic and functionalchanges
throughoutthe years, and it is now believed that the immune response has its peak function …

Man and higher primates have adrenals that secrete large amounts of
dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)[prasterone] and its sulphate (DHEAS)[PB 008]. A …

Aging is accompanied by an altered stress response that underlies increased susceptibility
of the elderly patients to physiological stress such as infection and sepsis. In the present …

In this study, we have assessed any change in the frequency of the GG homozygotes of the
174 IL-6 polymorphism with increasing age, arguing that if IL-6 tracks with functional …

Normal hematopoiesis constitutes the process of producing diverse, differentiated blood cell
types in a manner related to physiological requirement. During aging, modulation of …

The elderly suffer impairments to their immune system, evidenced by higher susceptibility to
infections, cancer, and many diseases believed to be autoimmune in nature. A dysregulated …

The objectives of psychoneuroimmunology are to elucidate the reciprocal influences of the
nervous system and the immune system and their effects on behavior and health. This field …

Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in normal human fibroblast
cell strain, TIG-3, extends their replicative life span. We found that expression levels of …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the recent advances in immunological research
regarding the differentiation between type-1 and type-2 immune response, and specific and …

Improvements in health care and nutrition in the last century have increased most people's
life expectancy. One result is that the elderly are now the fastest-growing segment of the …