Centenarians Harbor More CD4 Cytotoxic T Cells, Study Finds
TL;DR
New findings published in Cell Reports show that supercentenarians tend to have a higher proportion of CD4 cytotoxic T cells, a rare killer T cell type that expands and clones with age, suggesting the aging immune system adapts to threats and may help protect against cancer in extreme old age, though the study is small and Japan-based.
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