Ageing and Autoantibodies

Yaron Tomer Research Unit of Automimmune Diseases, Corob Research Center, Department of Medicine ‘D’, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Yehuda Shoenfeld Research Unit of Automimmune Diseases, Corob Research Center, Department of Medicine ‘D’, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Abstract

Immune responsiveness decreases with age, while the production of autoantibodies increases, indicating that these are end results of perturbations in the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system. The effects of ageing on the immune system are reviewed.

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