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 …

Immunosenescence: molecular mechanisms and diseases

Z Liu, Q Liang, Y Ren, C Guo, X Ge, L Wang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Infection susceptibility, poor vaccination efficacy, age-related disease onset, and neoplasms
are linked to innate and adaptive immune dysfunction that accompanies aging (known as …

Aging and immune function: molecular mechanisms to interventions

S Ponnappan, U Ponnappan - 2011 - liebertpub.com
The immune system of an organism is an essential component of the defense mechanism
aimed at combating pathogenic stress. Age-associated immune dysfunction, also dubbed …

Paradoxical changes in innate immunity in aging: recent progress and new directions

RR Montgomery, AC Shaw - Journal of Leucocyte Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Immunosenescence, describing alterations, including decline of immune responses with
age, is comprised of inappropriate elevations, decreases, and dysregulated immune …

How inflammation blunts innate immunity in aging

EL Goldberg, AC Shaw, RR Montgomery - Vaccines for older adults …, 2020 - karger.com
The collective loss of immune protection during aging leads to poor vaccine responses and
an increased severity of infection for the elderly. Here, we review our current understanding …

Intracellular signalling pathways: targets to reverse immunosenescence

T Fulop, JM Witkowski, A Le Page… - Clinical & …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Ageing is a very complex process, the result of the dysregulation of multiple systems
interacting in many ways. A prominent change occurring with ageing is related to the …

Immune senescence, immunosenescence and aging

KA Lee, RR Flores, IH Jang, A Saathoff… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With aging, there is increased dysfunction of both innate and adaptive immune responses,
which contributes to impaired immune responses to pathogens and greater mortality and …

The twilight of the immune system: The impact of immunosenescence in aging

J Feehan, N Tripodi, V Apostolopoulos - Maturitas, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence is a critical part of human anti-tumor defence; however, the
accumulation of senescent cells with age underpins a wide range of pathologies. Senescent …

Counteracting Immunosenescence—Which Therapeutic Strategies Are Promising?

C Hieber, S Grabbe, M Bros - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging attenuates the overall responsiveness of the immune system to eradicate pathogens.
The increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by innate immune cells under basal …

Aging of the immune system: research challenges to enhance the health span of older adults

L Haynes - Frontiers in aging, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The world's population is aging, which brings about huge scientific challenges. Since the
biological process of aging is by far the greatest risk factor for most chronic diseases …