[HTML][HTML] Risk and protective factors for COVID-19 morbidity, severity, and mortality

J Zhang, X Dong, G Liu, Y Gao - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2023 - Springer
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become an evolving global …

Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - Archives of disease in childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children have less severe symptoms when infected
with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this …

Demographic risk factors for COVID-19 infection, severity, ICU admission and death: a meta-analysis of 59 studies

BG Pijls, S Jolani, A Atherley, RT Derckx, JIR Dijkstra… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective We aimed to describe the associations of age and sex with the risk of COVID-19 in
different severity stages ranging from infection to death. Design Systematic review and meta …

[HTML][HTML] Immunology of aging: the birth of inflammaging

T Fulop, A Larbi, G Pawelec, A Khalil, AA Cohen… - Clinical reviews in …, 2021 - Springer
The inflammaging concept was introduced in 2000 by Prof. Franceschi. This was an
evolutionary or rather a revolutionary conceptualization of the immune changes in response …

[HTML][HTML] Physical exercise as a tool to help the immune system against COVID-19: an integrative review of the current literature

MP Da Silveira, KK da Silva Fagundes… - Clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Acute viral respiratory infections are the main infectious disease in the world. In 2020, a new
disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

[HTML][HTML] Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people?

AL Mueller, MS McNamara, DA Sinclair - Aging (albany NY), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severity and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely depends on a
patient's age. Adults over 65 years of age represent 80% of hospitalizations and have a 23 …

[HTML][HTML] NAD+ metabolism, stemness, the immune response, and cancer

LE Navas, A Carnero - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
NAD+ was discovered during yeast fermentation, and since its discovery, its important roles
in redox metabolism, aging, and longevity, the immune system and DNA repair have been …

[HTML][HTML] Immunosenescence and human vaccine immune responses

SN Crooke, IG Ovsyannikova, GA Poland… - Immunity & …, 2019 - Springer
The age-related dysregulation and decline of the immune system—collectively termed
“immunosenescence”—has been generally associated with an increased susceptibility to …

[HTML][HTML] Remodeling of the immune response with aging: immunosenescence and its potential impact on COVID-19 immune response

LL Cunha, SF Perazzio, J Azzi, P Cravedi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Elderly individuals are the most susceptible to an aggressive form of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2. The remodeling of immune response that is observed …

Skin barrier immunity and ageing

ES Chambers, M Vukmanovic‐Stejic - Immunology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The skin is the outermost layer of the body with an extensive surface area of approximately
1· 8 m2, and is the first line of defence against a multitude of external pathogens and …