Advanced age is associated with immune system deficits that result in an increased susceptibility to infectious diseases; however, specific mediators of age-dependent immune dysfunction have not been fully elucidated. Here we demonstrated that aged mice exhibit poor effector CD8+ T cell polyfunctionality, primarily due to CD8+ T cell–extrinsic deficits, and that reduced CD8+ T cell polyfunctionality correlates with increased susceptibility to pathogenic diseases. In aged animals challenged with the parasite
Rajarshi Bhadra, Magali M. Moretto, Julio C. Castillo, Constantinos Petrovas, Sara Ferrando-Martinez, Upasana Shokal, Manuel Leal, Richard A. Koup, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Imtiaz A. Khan
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