Resumen

SAAVEDRA HERNANDEZ, Danay  y  GARCIA VERDECIA, Beatriz. Immunosenescence: effects of aging process on immune system. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.4, pp. 332-345. ISSN 0864-0289.

The aging process produces functional and developmental changes in the immune system. Those changes may appear from lymphopoiesis up to the final response of the immune system facing a certain disease. Both branches of immunity, innate and adaptive, are affected by the aging process; hence these changes can have a negative impact on the immune response of elderly patients and increase their susceptibility to infectious diseases, cancer and decreased vaccine efficacy.

Palabras clave : immunosenescence; aging; T cells.

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