Infection and inflammation in somatic maintenance, growth and longevity

All organisms must display a certain degree of environmental adaptability to survive and reproduce. Growth and reproduction are metabolically expensive and carry other costs that contribute to aging. Therefore, animals have developed physiologic strategies to assess the harshness of the environment...

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Main Authors: Kopp, Elizabeth B, Medzhitov, Ruslan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352410/