Immunosenescence

1. Immune Risk Phenotypes and Associated Parameters in Very Old Humans: A Review of Findings in the Swedish NONA Immune Longitudinal Study
Anders Wikby, Frederick Ferguson, Jan Strindhall, Rosalyn J. Forsey, Tamas Fulop, Sine Reker Hadrup, Per thor Straten, Graham Pawelec, Boo Johansson

2. Scoring of Immunological Vigor: Trial Assessment of Immunological Status as a Whole for Elderly People and Cancer Patients
Katsuiku Hirokawa, Masanori Utsuyama, Yuko Kikuchi, Masanobu Kitagawa

3. Remodelling of the CD8 T-Cell Compartment in the Elderly: Expression of NK Associated Receptors on T-Cells Is Associated with the Expansion of the Effector Memory Subset
Inmaculada Gayoso, M. Luisa Pita, Esther Peralbo, Corona Alonso, Olga DelaRosa, Javier G. Casado, Julian Torre-Cisneros, Raquel Tarazona, Rafael Solana

4. Telomeres, Telomerase and CD28 in Human CD8 T-Cells: Effects on Immunity during Aging and HIV Infection
Steven R. Fauce, Rita B. Effros

5. A Matter of Life and Death of T-Lymphocytes in Immunosenescence
Sudhir Gupta

6. T-Cell Signalling, a Complex Process for T-Cell Activation Compromised with Aging: When Membrane Rafts Can Simplify Everything
Tamas Fulop, Graham Pawelec, Carl Fortin, Anis Larbi

7. Immunosenescence, Thymic Involution and Autoimmunity
Wayne A. Mitchell, Richard Aspinall

8. Autoimmune Diseases, Aging and the CD4+ Lymphocyte: Why Does Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Start in Youth, but Rheumatoid Arthritis Mostly at Older Age?
Jacek M. Witkowski

9. Role of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Diseases of Ageing
Erminia Mariani, Adriana Rita Mariani, Andrea Facchini

10. The Efficacy of Vaccines to Prevent Infectious Diseases in the Elderly
Dietmar Herndler-Brandstetter, Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein

11. Zinc and the Altered Immune System in the Elderly
Hajo Haase, Lothar Rink

12. Zinc-Binding Proteins and Immunosenescence: Implications as Biological and Genetic Markers
Eugenio Mocchegiani, Marco Malavolta

13. Immunogenetics of Aging
Elissaveta J. Naumova, Milena I. Ivanova

14. The Genetics of Innate Immunity and Inflammation in Ageing, Age-Related Diseases and Longevity
Calogero Caruso, Carmela Rita Balistreri, Antonino Crivello, Giusi Irma Forte, Maria Paola Grimaldi, Florinda Listì, Letizia Scola, Sonya Vasto, Giuseppina Candore

15. SELDI Proteomics Approach to Identify Proteins Associated with T-Cell Clone Senescence
Dawn J. Mazzatti, Robin Longdin, Graham Pawelec, Jonathan R. Powell, Rosalyn J. Forsey

Nyckelord: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical TEC059000