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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Immunol. 2013 Apr 18;14(5):428–436. doi: 10.1038/ni.2588

Table 1.

Cardinal features of immunosenescence

Impaired ability to respond to new antigens
Unsustained memory responses
Greater propensity for autoimmune responses
Lingering, low-grade inflammation