Abstract：
:Elderly people are at risk from an increased incidence of infections. Therefore we have studied the correlation between the production of several immunological parameters such as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interferon-alpha-2 (IFN-alpha-2), interleukin-2 (IL-2), soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in young controls of 25-34 years old and old individuals with a minimum age of 65 years. All persons were selected according to the basic concept of the 'Senieur protocol'. Heparinized blood was taken and cultured in the whole-blood assay. The determination of all cytokines in the supernatants of stimulated cultures was done by the ELISA technique. We found significantly decreased levels of sIL-2R and IFN-alpha-2 after stimulation, whereas the values of IFN-gamma and IL-2 showed no significant difference between elderly and young persons. The values of IL-6 showed a distinct trend towards an increased synthesis for the elderly. We also studied the lymphocyte subpopulations T4 and T8 by flow cytometry. Elderly individuals showed a significantly increased T4/T8 ratio, caused by a slightly but not significantly decreased level of T8 cells. These results show that the elderly have decreased values of some immunological parameters such as IFN-alpha-2 and sIL-2R, which might explain an increased susceptibility of elderly individuals to bacterial and viral infections.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Sindermann J,Kruse A,Frercks HJ,Schütz RM,Kirchner Hdoi
10.1016/0047-6374(93)90066-zsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-08-01 00:00:00pages
149-59issue
1-2eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
0047-6374(93)90066-Zjournal_volume
70pub_type
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90118-0
更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The decline in phytohemagglutinin (PHA) responsiveness of spleen cells from aged mice was studied in an effort to determine the nature of the depressed PHA reactivity. The reduced response of DNA synthesis (thymidine incorporation) to PHA stimulation could not be attributed to a decreased viability of spleen lymphocyt...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(75)90005-6
更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Exposure of Drosophila melanogaster adult males to an atmosphere of O2-N2 (1:1) at 760 Torr resulted in a marked reduction of life span. Among the fine structural changes occurring in the oxygen-poisoned flies, the following were similar to age-related changes: ceroid-lipofuscin accumulation in the visceral organs, sp...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(75)90006-8
更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIMS:To identify the geometrical alterations in the age-remodeled rat coronary artery network and to develop a useful technique to analyze network properties in the rat heart. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed the networks of the left anterior descendent coronary arteries on in situ perfused hearts of young (3 months) a...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2013.03.002
更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00104-9
更新日期：2000-02-07 00:00:00
abstract：:The bone marrow content, proliferative potential and proliferative activity of precursor cells for stromal fibroblast colony forming cells (CFC-F) were investigated in young and old CBA mice. The relationship between CFC-F and the number of bone marrow nucleated cells and granulocytic-macrophagal precursors (GM-CFC) w...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(90)90061-j
更新日期：1990-05-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(82)90090-2
更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2017.01.003
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(81)90071-3
更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2006.05.004
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A progressive decrease of dopamine and related enzyme activities and a decline in the dopaminergic receptor functions in the striatum and limbic system controlling behavior have been observed in senescent brain. These changes provide a neurochemical basis for some behavioral and mental disturbances of the aged and sug...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(80)90125-6
更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Four tRNAs are known to contain Q, a hypermodified form of guanosine, in one of their isoacceptor forms; these are tRNATyr, tRNAHis, tRNAAsp, and tRNAAsn. The first three have been examined in Drosophila melanogaster at different ages in four genotypes. As the adult flies age, the ratio of the Q/non-Q isoacceptors inc...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90027-7
更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pituitary adenomas were the most common grossly visible naturally occurring neoplasms found in over 27% of rats surviving beyond 17 months of age. Twenty-three pituitary adenomas, fixed in buffered neutral formalin and embedded in paraffin, were tested for the presence of prolactin (PRL), growth hormone (GH) and thyro...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(82)90065-3
更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2019.111150
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.003
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2016.06.009
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90041-1
更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Apoptosis plays a central role in the homeostasis of the immune system. During aging, there is an altered regulation of pivotal molecules that are responsible for the regulation of this type of cell death, such as those of the Fas/FasL system. Understanding the regulation of these genes can help to clarify, at least i...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(03)00029-0
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(95)01608-3
更新日期：1995-08-31 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2016.07.002
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(94)01569-8
更新日期：1995-06-09 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(83)90045-3
更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Metabolite concentrations in gastrocnemius and soleus muscles were compared in young-adult (4 months), mature (12 months) and senescent (24 months) rats after continuous (72 consecutive hours) exposure to normobaric hypoxia or normoxia with the intraperitoneal administration of the vasodilator naftidrofuryl or saline ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(90)90051-g
更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2013.11.001
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The efficient use of nutrients is important in development and aging. In this study, we asked if the protein repair methyltransferase has a related or additional role in energy metabolism and stress response in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Worms lacking the pcm-1 gene encoding this enzyme exhibit reduced longe...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2008.09.019
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Thymic atrophy or thymus absence causes depressed thyroid-thymus axis (TTA) efficiency in old, young propyl-thiouracil (PTU) (experimental hypothyroidism) and in young-adult thymectomised (Tx) mice, respectively. Altered zinc turnover may be also involved in depressed TTA efficiency. Zinc turnover is under the control...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00414-6
更新日期：2002-03-31 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of aging on patterns of food intake and nutrient selection was investigated using a longitudinal study. Male (n = 10) and female (n = 10) Wistar-Lou rats from 4 to 28 months of age were repeatedly submitted to a macronutrient self-selection (S-S) regimen while controls were maintained under a standard chow ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(98)00013-x
更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP) inhibitors prevent breakdown of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), and may be useful therapeutically, in sodium overload states as often occurs in the aged. However, age-dependent changes in ANP/NEP may limit the activity of these agents in the elderly. To investigate this we conducted...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00264-0
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The activity of low Km cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) was determined in extracts of prostate and heart of adult (10-12 months old) and aged (32-35 months old) Sprague-Dawley rats; the enzyme's response to endogenous inhibitors extracted from the two organs was analyzed by kinetic studies. Different mechanisms of inhibit...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(87)90001-7
更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Quantitative interference microscopy was used to determine changes in nuclear and nucleolar indices (dry mass and cross-sectional area) in upper and lower epidermal cells and adjacent leaf-margin hair cells of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum L.) leaves over a 42-day period (after leaves emerged above the ground li...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(96)01804-0
更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00
