Aging exacerbates damage and delays repair of alveolar epithelia following influenza viral pneumonia

Aging exacerbates damage and delays repair of alveolar epithelia following influenza viral pneumonia

Background Influenza virus infection causes significantly higher levels of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Studies have shown that impaired immunity in the elderly contributes to the increased susceptibility to influenza virus infection, however, how aging affects the lung tissue damage and...

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Main Authors: Yin, Lu (Author), Zheng, Dahai (Author), Limmon, Gino V. (Author), Leung, Nicola H. N. (Author), Xu, Shuoyu (Author), Rajapakse, Jagath C. (Author), Yu, Hanry (Contributor), Chow, Vincent T. K. (Author), Chen, Jianzhu (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd, 2014-10-09T16:27:47Z.
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