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IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
卷 162, 期 1, 页码 290-297出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.06.017
关键词
Aging; Monocytes; Macrophage; Dendritic cell; Lung; Heart
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资金
- [HL112725]
- [AG026727]
In the absence of an immune challenge, healthy, aged individuals have a significantly higher basal inflammatory state where circulating levels of cytokines, including IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta, are elevated [1]. This progressive pro-inflammatory state, termed inflamm-aging, affects the phenotype/function of cells present in the aged as well as renders the older individuals more susceptible to a poor prognosis after systemic insults. Although it is important to understand the mechanisms that underlie the progression of disease, most preclinical analyses of disease therapies are performed in young adult mice that have an intact, functional immune system. Oftentimes, this is not necessarily representative of the immune disposition in the aged, let alone diseased, aged. Herein, two distinct responses that are not only commonly associated with aging but that also have dendritic cells and/or monocytes and macrophages as key players are discussed: pulmonary infection and myocardial infarction. Although studies of pulmonary infection in the aged have progressed significantly, studies of monocytes and macrophages in inflammation and cardiac injury following ischemia in the aged have not been as forthcoming. Nonetheless, several elegant studies have established the dynamic role of monocytes and macrophages post infarction. These will be discussed in light of what is known with aging. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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