The nurse is preparing a program for her peers concerning the theories of aging. When incorporating the concepts associated with the immune dysregulation theory, which of the following should be incorporated?
A) As the person ages, the ability of the immune system to differentiate between invaders and normal tissues diminishes.
B) With increasing age, the immune system is no longer able to defend the body from foreign invaders.
C) Multiple changes in the immune system disrupt the regulation between the multiple components of the immune process.
D) Immune cells attack the normal body tissues, causing conditions that are often associated with aging.
C
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