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Advanced age is associated with defects in all of the cells of the innate immune system, including numbers, function, and early stages of activation. This review, presents the current state of the field on the impact of age on the innate immune system. The analysis of the literature suggests that a dysfunctional innate immune system is a contributing factor to aberrant outcomes after injury or infection...
Aged subjects have a poor prognosis after traumatic injury and, regardless of the type of injury, they have slower recoveries and suffer more complications than their younger counterparts. The age-dependent responses may be influenced by the hyper-inflammatory state observed in the aged prior to injury, including elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6). Physiological levels of estrogen are beneficial...
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