Immunosenescence and COVID-19

JM Witkowski, T Fulop, E Bryl - Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2022 - Elsevier
Ageing is associated with modified function of both innate and adaptive immunity. It is
believed that changes occurring in ageing immune system are responsible for increased …

Immune system modulation in aging: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

B Cisneros, I García-Aguirre, J Unzueta… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The function of the immune system declines during aging, compromising its response
against pathogens, a phenomenon termed as “immunosenescence.” Alterations of the …

[HTML][HTML] From aging to long COVID: exploring the convergence of immunosenescence, inflammaging, and autoimmunity

L Müller, S Di Benedetto - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The process of aging is accompanied by a dynamic restructuring of the immune response, a
phenomenon known as immunosenescence. This mini-review navigates through the …

Inflammaging at the Time of COVID-19

MB Zazzara, A Bellieni, R Calvani… - Clinics in geriatric …, 2022 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Inflammaging and SARS-CoV-2 infection interact in an interplay that involves both acute
inflammation and low-grade chronic inflammation, predisposing older adults to severe …

Aged brain and neuroimmune responses to COVID-19: post-acute sequelae and modulatory effects of behavioral and nutritional interventions

L Müller, S Di Benedetto - Immunity & Ageing, 2023 - Springer
Advanced age is one of the significant risk determinants for coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)-related mortality and for long COVID complications. The contributing factors …

Post-COVID-19 Parkinsonism and Parkinson's Disease Pathogenesis: The Exosomal Cargo Hypothesis

DS Mysiris, GD Vavougios, E Karamichali… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease after
Alzheimer's disease, globally. Dopaminergic neuron degeneration in substantia nigra pars …

The AI-assisted identification and clinical efficacy of baricitinib in the treatment of COVID-19

PJ Richardson, BWS Robinson, DP Smith, J Stebbing - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the current pandemic, the vast majority of COVID-19 patients experienced mild
symptoms, but some had a potentially fatal aberrant hyperinflammatory immune reaction …

Efficacy and safety of vaccinations in geriatric patients: a literature review

T Ciarambino, P Crispino, P Buono, V Giordano… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the progressive lengthening of the average age of the population, especially in some
countries such as Italy, vaccination of the elderly is a fixed point on which most of the public …

Accelerated T-Cell Immunosenescence in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Individuals After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

P Álvarez-Heredia, I Reina-Alfonso… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a major driver of accelerated immunosenescence
related to CD28null T cell expansion. CMV infection and these proatherogenic T cells have …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in the elderly: factors driving a higher burden of disease

A Allué-Guardia, JB Torrelles, A Sigal - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) and SARS-CoV-2 are both infections that can lead to
severe disease in the lower lung. However, these two infections are caused by very different …