Unimpaired dendritic cells can be derived from monocytes in old age and can mobilize residual function in senescent T cells

TL Lung, M Saurwein-Teissl, W Parson, D Schönitzer… - Vaccine, 2000 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DC) are powerful antigen presenting cells, which have the unique capacity to
stimulate naive T cells. In spite of the well-known decline of T cell function in old age, little …

Peripheral blood dendritic cells reinduce proliferation in in vitro aged T cell populations

MM Steger, C Maczek… - Mechanisms of ageing and …, 1997 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen presenting cells which are essential for the
initiation of an immune response. Recently we demonstrated that DC, which had been …

Dendritic cells in old age-neglected by gerontology?

M Saurwein-Teissl, N Romani… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2001 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DC) are known as the most efficient antigen-presenting cell type to activate T
cells and are key modulators of the immune response. Due to their central role in …

Morphologically and functionally intact dendritic cells can be derived from the peripheral blood of aged individuals

MM Steger, C Maczek… - Clinical & …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cells are antigen‐presenting cells (APC), which are crucial for the initiation of an
immune response. In spite of the well known decline of immune function in old age, no …

Peripheral blood dendritic cells and monocytes are differently regulated in the elderly

S Della Bella, L Bierti, P Presicce, R Arienti, M Valenti… - Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DCs) are the single most central player in all immune responses. To assess
whether DC alterations may contribute to the immune dysregulation that affects the elderly …

Impaired in vivo CD4+ T cell expansion and differentiation in aged mice is not solely due to T cell defects: decreased stimulation by aged dendritic cells

LF Pereira, APD de Souza, TJ Borges… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2011 - Elsevier
CD4+ T cells regulate humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, which are
progressively impaired in aging, resulting in susceptibility to infections and cancer. Dendritic …

Dendritic cells in human aging

A Agrawal, S Agrawal, S Gupta - Experimental gerontology, 2007 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in linking innate and adaptive immunity. A role of
DCs in immunosenescence and chronic inflammation associated with aging has not been …

CD4 T cell defects in the aged: causes, consequences and strategies to circumvent

W Zhang, V Brahmakshatriya, SL Swain - Experimental gerontology, 2014 - Elsevier
Aging leads to reduced immunity, especially adaptive responses. A key deficiency is the
poor ability to mount robust antibody response. Although intrinsic alterations in B cells with …

Role of dendritic cells in innate and adaptive immune response in human aging

S Gupta - Experimental gerontology, 2014 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with a progressive decline in T cell function, chronic inflammation,
hyperimmunoglobulinemia, autoimmunity, poor response to vaccines, and increased …

Altered innate immune functioning of dendritic cells in elderly humans: a role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase-signaling pathway

A Agrawal, S Agrawal, JN Cao, H Su… - The Journal of …, 2007 - journals.aai.org
Aging represents a state of paradox where chronic inflammation is associated with declining
immune responses. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major APCs responsible for initiating an …