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Pro-inflammatory status in the elderly. During old age, there is decrease in the activity of the immune system in general. This occurs especially in the adaptive immune system. However, through different mechanisms, a pro-inflammatory status is established in the elderly, known as "inflammatory aging", which causes chronic and systemic inflammation that contributes to diverse diseases
