SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system

JM Bartleson, D Radenkovic, AJ Covarrubias… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with
particular risk for severe disease and death in older adults and in adults with age-related …

Immunosenescence and inflammaging in the aging process: age-related diseases or longevity?

A Santoro, E Bientinesi, D Monti - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
During aging the immune system (IS) undergoes remarkable changes that collectively are
known as immunosenescence. It is a multifactorial and dynamic phenomenon that affects …

I mmunosenescence and inflammaging: risk factors of severe COVID-19 in older people

AJ Pietrobon, FME Teixeira, MN Sato - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Old individuals are more susceptible to various infections due to immunological changes
that occur during the aging process. These changes named collectively as …

Aging of the immune system: focus on inflammation and vaccination

M Pinti, V Appay, J Campisi, D Frasca… - European journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Major advances in preventing, delaying, or curing individual pathologies are responsible for
an increasingly long life span in the developed parts of our planet, and indeed reaching …

The impact of aging-induced gut microbiome dysbiosis on dendritic cells and lung diseases

JA Malik, MA Zafar, T Lamba, S Nanda, MA Khan… - Gut …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aging is an inevitable natural process that impacts every individual, and understanding its
effect on the gut microbiome and dendritic cell (DC) functionality in elderly subjects is …

Immunosenescence and inflamm-ageing in COVID-19

MR Zinatizadeh, PK Zarandi, M Ghiasi… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The destructive effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the elderly and people
with cardiovascular disease have been proven. New findings shed light on the role of aging …

Aging is associated with a numerical and functional decline in plasmacytoid dendritic cells, whereas myeloid dendritic cells are relatively unaltered in human …

Y Jing, E Shaheen, RR Drake, N Chen… - Human immunology, 2009 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen-presenting cells that initiate and regulate T-cell
responses. In this study, the numbers and functional cytokine secretions of plasmacytoid and …

Impact of aging on dendritic cell functions in humans

A Agrawal, S Gupta - Ageing research reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Aging is a paradox of reduced immunity and chronic inflammation. Dendritic cells are central
orchestrators of the immune response with a key role in the generation of immunity and …

Immunotherapy comes of age: immune aging & checkpoint inhibitors

R Elias, T Karantanos, E Sira, KL Hartshorn - Journal of geriatric oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are based on the understanding that there are
multilayered checks and balances which can be manipulated to unleash already existing …

Immunomodulatory and antiaging mechanisms of resveratrol, rapamycin, and metformin: focus on mTOR and AMPK signaling networks

V Sorrenti, F Benedetti, A Buriani, S Fortinguerra… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aging results from the progressive dysregulation of several molecular pathways and mTOR
and AMPK signaling have been suggested to play a role in the complex changes in key …