Immunosenescence of ageing

AL Gruver, LL Hudson… - The Journal of Pathology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Ageing is a complex process that negatively impacts the development of the immune system
and its ability to function. The mechanisms that underlie these age‐related defects are broad …

Reversal of epigenetic aging and immunosenescent trends in humans

GM Fahy, RT Brooke, JP Watson, Z Good… - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic “clocks” can now surpass chronological age in accuracy for estimating biological
age. Here, we use four such age estimators to show that epigenetic aging can be reversed …

Tissue regeneration: Impact of sleep on stem cell regenerative capacity

H Elkhenany, A AlOkda, A El-Badawy, N El-Badri - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
The circadian rhythm orchestrates many cellular functions, such as cell division, cell
migration, metabolism and numerous intracellular biological processes. The physiological …

HIV disease progression despite suppression of viral replication is associated with exhaustion of lymphopoiesis

D Sauce, M Larsen, S Fastenackels… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
The mechanisms of CD4+ T-cell count decline, the hallmark of HIV disease progression, and
its relationship to elevated levels of immune activation are not fully understood. Massive …

Growth hormone enhances thymic function in HIV-1–infected adults

LA Napolitano, D Schmidt, MB Gotway… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Growth hormone (GH) is an underappreciated but important regulator of T cell development
that can reverse age-related declines in thymopoiesis in rodents. Here, we report findings of …

Signaling through toll-like receptor 7/8 induces the differentiation of human bone marrow CD34+ progenitor cells along the myeloid lineage

M Sioud, Y Fløisand, L Forfang… - Journal of molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a key role in pathogen recognition and regulation of the
innate and adaptive immune responses. Although TLR expression and signaling have been …

Insulin-like growth factor-I regulates the liver microenvironment in obese mice and promotes liver metastasis

Y Wu, P Brodt, H Sun, W Mejia, R Novosyadlyy… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Among the mechanisms implicated in the tumor-promoting effects of obesity, signaling by
insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin has received considerable attention. However …

Intrathymic somatotropic circuitry: consequences upon thymus involution

MDS Reis, LP Veneziani, FL Porto, MP Lins… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) is a classic pituitary-derived hormone crucial to body growth and
metabolism. In the pituitary gland, GH production is stimulated by GH-releasing hormone …

TLR agonists induce the differentiation of human bone marrow CD34+ progenitors into CD11c+ CD80/86+ DC capable of inducing a Th1‐type response

M Sioud, Y Fløisand - European journal of immunology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We recently reported that human bone marrow hematopoietic CD34+ progenitors express
functional Toll‐like receptors (TLR) and can differentiate into myeloid cells just by stimulation …

Emerging strategies to boost thymic function

GA Holländer, W Krenger, BR Blazar - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
The thymus constitutes the primary lymphoid organ for the generation of T cells. Its function
is particularly susceptible to various negative influences ranging from age-related involution …