Table 3

Ratios of abundance of seven transcripts between healthy aged (HA) and healthy young (HY) probands, between Aged patients with Infectious diseases in Acute phase (AIA) and HA and between AIA and HY.

Gene Symbol

HA/HY

AIA/HA

AIA/HY

CD28

0.62

0.61

0.39

CD69

0.70

0.44

0.33

LCK

0.77

0.58

0.45

CTSD

1.37

1.5

2.00

HMOX1

1.46

1.57

2.15

TNFRSF1A

1.68

1.45

2.33

PRDX6

0.77

1.23

1.01

These seven transcripts were found to be differentially abundant between PBMC of HA and HY [13].

Vo et al. Immunity & Ageing 2010 7:9   doi:10.1186/1742-4933-7-9