Although intermittent increases in inflammation are critical for survival during physical injury
and infection, recent research has revealed that certain social, environmental and lifestyle …

Aging is accompanied by remodeling of the immune system. With time, this leads to a
decline in immune efficacy, resulting in increased vulnerability to infectious diseases …

Objective: The basic objective of this systematic review was to identify potential biomarkers
for chronic stress. Methods: A systematic review of studies linking biomarkers in people with …

Old individuals are more susceptible to various infections due to immunological changes
that occur during the aging process. These changes named collectively as …

As is apparent from the many contributions to this Special Issue of the Journal, the impact of
age on immunity is nefarious, with all manner of dysregulated responses attributed to …

Highlights•Psychological stress can dysregulate the human immune system.•Stress can
impact immunity differentially across individuals and contexts.•Recent work in this area has …

People aged 60 and older represent over 11% of the world population and it is expected to
rise 22% by 2050. Population aging is associated to an increased frequency of age-related …

To monitor inflammation in a meaningful way, the markers used must be valid: they must
reflect the inflammatory process under study and they must be predictive of future health …

The increased prevalence and severity of periodontal disease have long been associated
with aging, such that this oral condition affects the majority of the adult population over 50 …

Following primary infection, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) establishes lifelong latency
and periodically reactivates without causing symptoms in healthy individuals. In the absence …