Blood TNF-alpha level increase

Physiological

Data Availability

26 to 87 years

Tissue

  • plasma Changes

References

  • Ogawa et al. (2008) "The association of elevated reactive oxygen species levels from neutrophils with low-grade inflammation in the elderly." Immun Ageing 5:13 (PubMed)
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Description

Blood tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) level was significant higher in thirty-seven elderly subjects (median age, 87, range 70-95 years; minimum: 0.20 pg\mL, median: 0.91 pg\mL, maximum: 3.38 pg\mL) than in 22 young subjects (median age, 26, range 21-37 years; minimum: 0.11 pg\mL, median: 0.52 pg\mL, maximum: 1.69 pg\mL).

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