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Figure 7 | Immunity & Ageing

Figure 7

From: Ageing gender-specific "Biomarkers of Homeostasis", to protect ourselves against the diseases of the old age

Figure 7

The Importance of the evaluation of the both gender, men and women, as independent groups: men and women follow different strategies to reach longevity. Clinical and experimental data show that, when the immune system is involved, men and women could not be evaluated in only one group, because the results would be not real, since in the immune response there is a natural gender dimorphism. It has been proved that the immunosenescence affects both men and women, but it afflicts them differently. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that female and male hormones act affecting in opposite ways the immune system. The research has shown that the gender, male or female, is associated with relevant incidence and prevalence of different types of age related diseases and it also is an important variable in the genetic of longevity, indicating an important observation: men and women follow different strategies to reach longevity.

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