Immunosenescence

1. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity in the Elderly
Nicola J. Booth, Arne N. Akbar, Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic

2. Does Innate Immunity Get Old?
Chiara Romagnani

3. Thy(–im)munosenescence: The Ageing of the Thymus and Its Impact on the Immune System
S. Kohler

4. Characteristics of B Cells and B Cell Responses in Aged Individuals
Henrik E. Mei, Andreas Radbruch

5. Mechanisms of Immune Protection to Pneumococcal Infection in the Young and the Elderly
Helen E. Baxendale, Jeremy S. Brown

6. CMV Subversion of the Immune System in Later Life
Fiona Powell, Florian Kern

7. Aging and Autoimmunity
Ulf Wagner

8. Vaccination in the Elderly
Birgit Weinberger, Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein

9. Immunosenescence and the 3Rs: Restoration, Replacement and Reprogramming
Wayne A. Mitchell, Ryan C. Pink, Antonio Lapenna, Richard Aspinall

10. Novel Strategies for Improved Vaccines for the Elderly: The Example of Influenza
Giuseppe Del Giudice, Rino Rappuoli

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Immunology, Molecular Medicine