Giant cell arteritis: immune and vascular aging as disease risk factors Full Text
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 08/24/2011
Mohan SV et al. – Susceptibility for giant cell arteritis increases with chronological age, in parallel with age–related restructuring of the immune system and age–induced remodeling of the vascular wall. Immunosenescence results in shrinkage of the naïve T–cell pool, contraction of T–cell diversity, and impairment of innate immunity.






