Age-related immune dysfunction in health and in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease: association of age and HIV infection with naive CD8+ cell depletion, reduced expression of CD28 on CD8+ cells, and reduced thymic volumes.

Older age is a strong predictor of accelerated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression. We investigated the possible immunologic basis of this interaction by comparing older (>/=45 years) and younger (
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First added on: Dec 07, 2021