Sentence examples for decreased immune function from inspiring English sources
Decreased lymphocyte populations, which indicates decreased immune function, have been observed in animals with lobomycosis from the Indian River Lagoon (14 ) compared with noninfected cohorts in capture-and-release studies.
Aging is associated with decreased immune function that leads to increased morbidity and mortality in the elderly.
In short, we lay the groundwork for greater acidity, inflammation, decreased immune function, and frazzled telomeres.
Causes of recurrence may include: decreased immune function, stress, and sunlight exposure.
At the whole-organism level, some tradeoffs for accelerated differentiation rates have been identified in amphibians, with the effects sometimes carried beyond metamorphosis [26], such as decreased immune function [15] and locomotor performance [16].
Sleep loss has been documented to have an association with decreased immune function [ 20].
The major implications of having abnormal immunoglobulin levels is that it decreases immune function, which then impairs the body's ability to protect against disease [ 12].
Interestingly, we did not observe an increased risk of AGI in the elderly, as has been observed elsewhere [ 6] and which is biologically plausible due to decreasing immune function.
Other pertinent issues include possible toxicity from CR, as chronic CR may decrease immune function [ 104] and impair wound healing [ 105], both issues for the post-operative and immunocompromised patient.
However, this is unlikely because cancer tends to upregulate the antibody-mediated immune response (Filella et al, 2000; Johansson et al, 2008) and evidence suggests that androgen deprivation therapy may increase, rather than decrease, immune function and antibody production (Aragon-Ching et al, 2007).
Further work comparing fitness-related parameters in both biotopes among years should ideally also include immune-related parameters, as increased ambient temperatures may decrease immune function, although such an effect is likely to be further modulated by food stress conditions too (Karl et al. 2011).
