T cell immunity does not age in a long-lived rodent species
M. Izraelson, T. O. Nakonechnaya, A. N. Davydov, M. A. Dronina, D. A. Miskevich, I. Z. Mamedov, L. N. Barbashova, M. Shugay, D. Bolotin, D. B. Staroverov, E. Y. Kondratyuk, E. A. Bogdanova, S. Lukyanov, I. Shams, O. V. Britanova, D. M. Chudakov
This study compares T cell receptor diversity across species, finding that long-lived rodents maintain stable TCR diversity with age, unlike humans and mice.
bioRxiv · Sep 5, 2018Immunology