Abstract：
:Changes in the T-lymphocyte compartment represent the most critical component of immunological aging. Recent studies have demonstrated that the age-related decline in T-cell-mediated immunity is a multifactorial phenomenon affecting T-cell subset composition as well as several proximal events such as protein tyrosine phosphorylation, generation of second messengers, calcium mobilization and translocation of protein kinase C, and distal events such as lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production of the T-cell activation pathway. Age-related T-cell immune deficiency is preceded by thymic involution and is influenced by several intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors. Further, the role of monocytes and macrophages in T-cell activation changes with advancing age. This brief review will summarize the current knowledge of the cellular as well as molecular aspects of immunodeficiency of T cells due to aging, some of the paradoxes of aging as related to T-cell-mediated immunity, and possible factors which contribute to this paradox. Finally, experimental approaches will be suggested that might resolve these controversies and that might provide insights into the diverse and complex mechanisms that contribute to immunodeficiency of T cells. Ultimately these studies may suggest possible therapeutic interventions to enhance immune function in the elderly.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Chakravarti B,Abraham GNdoi
10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00009-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-05-17 00:00:00pages
183-206issue
3eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
S0047637499000093journal_volume
108pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:A pronounced suppression of the humoral, hemolytic, primary immune response in old (22 months) mice was demonstrated as compared with this response in young (10 weeks) mice. The suppression is associated with a lower thymus weight:body weight ratio. In contrast, the ratios spleen weight:body weight and liver weight:bo...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(78)90065-9
更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD or SOD2) is a key mitochondrial enzymatic antioxidant. Arguably the most striking phenotype associated with complete loss of SOD2 in flies and mice is shortened life span. To further explore the role of SOD2 in protecting animals from aging and age-associated pathology, we generat...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2007.10.013
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To examine the effect of an aging environment on sister chromatid exchange (SCE) induction, Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) cells were introduced into young and old C57BL/6J mice. Background SCE levels were not significantly different in either EAT cell or normal bone marrow cell populations between young and old animals....
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(81)90051-8
更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The mTOR deregulation has a role in chronic kidney disease including diabetic nephropathy. SIRT1 is an important participant in renal cytoprotective responses to aging and stress. However, whether both mTOR and SIRT1 are involved in high glucose-inducing mesangial cells (MCs) senescence still remains to be explored. H...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2012.04.005
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The combined grafting of young bone marrow and newborn thymus performed in old mice was effective in restoring the impaired immune functions, but the same treatment performed in middle-aged adult mice had no effect on the life span of C3H/MTV female mice. Sequential multiple newborn thymus graftings starting at young ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(89)90067-5
更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The number of senescent cells in the skin is increasing with age. Numerous studies have attempted to elucidate the role of these cells in normal aging of the skin as well as in age-related skin conditions. In recent years, attempts have also been made to find treatments that aim either to cleanse the skin tissues of s...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2020.111409
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The antigen-specific antibody secretion in vitro after immunisation with the primary T-cell dependent antigen Helix pomatia Haemocyanin (HPH) was investigated in both young and elderly individuals, who all met the health admission criteria for immunogerontological studies as detailed in the SENIEUR protocol. In additi...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(92)90069-p
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Active vitamin D drugs are used for the treatment of osteoporosis in a number of countries, including Japan. However, their use is controversial. Here, we briefly discuss two issues that are important for understanding the role of active vitamin D (rather than plain vitamin D) in the treatment of osteoporosis: (1) whe...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00115-9
更新日期：2000-07-31 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：:Vascular tree development depends on the timely differentiation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. These latter are key players in the formation of the vascular scaffold that offers resistance to the blood flow. This review aims at providing an overview on the role of PDE5, the cGMP-specific phosphodiest...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2020.111311
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The present study investigated whether age-related changes in the production of Th1 and Th2 cytokines by human T cells might be linked to altered frequencies of naive (CD45RA+) and memory (CD45RO+) T cell subsets. T cells from healthy elderly humans (n = 32) stimulated with anti-CD3epsilon monoclonal antibody OKT3 plu...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00030-5
更新日期：1999-08-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Age-related changes in blood-brain barrier permeability to macromolecules were investigated during electrically induced seizures. Evans-blue was used as the barrier tracer. There was no change in the permeability of the blood brain barrier associated with aging in the rats. However, the extravasation of Evans-blue alb...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(90)90097-y
更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We are interested in membrane phospholipid and triglyceride synthesis and turnover in aging cells. As a preliminary, short-term feasibility study we have used an established in vivo-in vitro technique to estimate the initial rates of [1-14C] palmitate (complexed to albumin) esterification to triglycerides and phosphol...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(82)90018-5
更新日期：1982-08-01 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：:Fluorescent microspheres were used to measure antibody-induced capping of leukocyte membrane proteins that are immunologically related to band 3, the anion exchanger of the erythrocyte. The degree of capping was found to increase with donor age. Surface labeling and capping characteristics of cells from healthy, age-m...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(94)01553-x
更新日期：1995-04-21 00:00:00
abstract：:Changes in activity of some hepatic enzymes related to UDP-glucuronic acid conjugation (UDP-glucose dehydrogenase and UDP-glucuronyl transferase) and glutathione-related enzymes (glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase) were investigated in male and female Wistar rats as a function of age. UDP-glucose dehydro...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(88)90084-x
更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of long-term caloric restriction on the hepatic phase II drug metabolizing enzymes were investigated in the male Fischer 344 rat. Rats that had been restricted to 60% of their pair-fed control consumption from 14 weeks post-partum exhibited altered conjugating enzyme activities at 22 months. Caloric restri...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(89)90047-x
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BCL-2 functions as a death repressor molecule in an evolutionary conserved cell death pathway. Inactivation of bcl-2 in mice results in pleiotropic effects including postnatal growth retardation, massive apoptosis in lymphoid tissues, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and shortened lifespan. To evaluate the influence of...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2006.02.009
更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Loss of telomere length homeostasis has been linked to age-related disease especially cancer. In this review, we discuss two major causes of telomere dysfunction that potentially lead to tumorigenesis: replicative aging and environmental assaults. Aging has long been recognized as a source for telomere dysfunction thr...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2007.10.010
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Chromosome analyses and Ig level determinations were carried out on seventeen aged men and women, 83--100 years of age. In men, significant correlations were found between hypodiploidy and IgA (gamma = 0.95) and between monosomy C and IgG (gamma = 0.79) while in women, monosomy G and IgG were significantly correlated ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(78)90039-8
更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:An increasing body of data is progressively indicating that the comprehension of the epigenetic landscape, actively integrated with the genetic elements, is crucial to delineate the molecular basis of the inter-individual complexity of ageing process. Indeed, it has emerged that DNA methylation changes occur during ag...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2017.01.006
更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to measure protein synthesis in regenerating liver and to evaluate the impact of malnutrition in young and old rats. Two groups of male Wistar rats were used: young rats (4 months old) and old rats (18 months old). The rats were allocated to malnutrition or ordinary food intake for 1 w...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(96)01779-4
更新日期：1996-10-04 00:00:00
abstract：:Overproduction of oxidants and free radicals in ageing tissues induces nitro-oxidative stress, which has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular dysfunction associated with ageing. Peroxynitrite, a strong cytotoxic oxidant damages proteins and DNA and activates several pathways causing tissue in...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2006.09.005
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous studies from this laboratory have documented a progressive age-related decline in trophic hormone (or second messenger cAMP) stimulated corticosterone production in isolated adrenocortical cells. In the current study, we examined the possibility that the aging process exerts this effect by interfering with an...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(94)90043-4
更新日期：1994-11-25 00:00:00
abstract：:It has been previously well documented that partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) and weight-specific rate of O2 consumption in chick embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus) transiently increase midway through the 21-day in ovo incubation period. The present study found that these oxidative changes were paralleled by the concent...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(92)90125-w
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hematological deficiencies increase with aging leading to anemias, reduced hematopoietic stress responses and myelodysplasias. This study tested the hypothesis that side population hematopoietic stem cells (SP-HSC) would decrease with aging, correlating with IGF-1 and IL-6 levels and increases in bone marrow fat. Marr...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2010.10.002
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In an attempt to provide additional quantitative markers of senescence in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we have identified age-dependent increases in four lysosomal enzymes: acid phosphatase, beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-glucosidase, and alpha-D-mannosidase. These enzymes were judged to be lysosomal ...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(83)90048-9
更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The various phases of homo- and heteroclonal encounters between stolons of Podocoryne carnea M. Sars have been studied with the light and electron microscope. The first clone-unspecific actions and reactions to an imminent encounter between the outgrowing tip of stolon and the subterminal part of an opposed homologous...
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：:We have developed a relatively rapid, safe and simple method for the quantification of sjTREC levels in samples of peripheral blood. The assay uses an image analysis package to measure the brightness of PCR product bands on an image of the standard agarose gel. Comparison of the brightness of the band with that obtain...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00197-4
更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00
