Neutrophils in biological age and longevity
By: Patricia Alonso-Fernández, Ianire Maté, and Mónica de la Fuente
Contributors: Maté, Ianire; Fuente, Mónica de la
Series: Cell Biology Research Probress
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781617282812
Subjects: Aging; Immunology; Molecular aspects; Immunological aspects; Longevity; Immune system; Neutrophils; Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [59]-77) and index.
Table of contents: title: The aging process, longevity, and biological age; title: Theories of aging : the integrated theory of aging; title: The immune system as a homeostatic system : the psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune communication and its alteration with aging; title: Immunosenescence and age-related changes in the innate immunity; title: Functions of neutrophils and age-related changes; title: The immune system, a marker of biological age and predictor of longevity; title: The role of oxidative stress and inflammatory stress in immunosenescence; title: The role of the phagocytic cells in oxi-inflamm-aging; title: Influential factors over the functional and redox parameters in neutrophils; title: Neutrophils and their roles in disease; title: Strategies to revitalize the neutrophil functions in aging.