期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 126, 期 4, 页码 690-699出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.08.011
关键词
Asthma; atopy; aging; elderly; immune function; immunosenescence
资金
- National Institutes of Health
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma Immunology
- John A. Hartford Foundation
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program
Immunosenescence is defined as changes in the innate and adaptive immune response associated with increased age. The clinical consequences of immunosenescence include increased susceptibility to infection, malignancy and autoimmunity, decreased response to vaccination, and impaired wound healing. However, there are several immune alterations that might facilitate persistence of asthma into late adulthood or development of asthma after the age of 50 to 60 years. Asthma in older patients is not uncommon, and this is a growing population as the average lifespan increases. Specific innate changes that might affect severity of asthma in older patients or be involved in the development of late-onset asthma include impaired mucociliary clearance and changes in airway neutrophil, eosinophil, and mast cell numbers and function. Additionally, age-related altered antigen presentation and decreased specific antibody responses might increase the risk of respiratory tract infections. Respiratory tract infections exacerbate asthma in older patients and possibly play a role in the pathogenesis of late-onset asthma. Furthermore, cytokine profiles might be modified with aging, with some investigators suggesting a trend toward T(H)2 cytokine expression. This review examines specific innate and adaptive immune responses affected by aging that might affect the inflammatory response in older adults with asthma. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010;126:690-9.)
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