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Age-associated T Cell Dysfunction and InflammAging

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

2:20 PM – 2:45 PM PT

Location: Salons 5/6

Speaker(s)

Jörg J. Goronzy, MD PhD

Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Chair(s)

Jonathan S. Maltzman, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, California, United States

Learning Objectives:

To describe functional defects in T cells that occur with aging.
To explain the mechanisms how T cells from older adults contribute to inflammaging.
to recognize that antiviral T cell responses in older adults can be associated with increased inflammation.