期刊
IMMUNITY & AGEING
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-10-34
关键词
Influenza virus; CD8 T cell; Transfusion
资金
- Myrtle Peach Trust
- Future Health Biobank and Research into Ageing [324]
Transfusion of autologous leukocytes after prolonged storage has been proposed as a means of rejuvenating the immune system of older individuals. The rationale for this approach is that age related immune decline is associated with a diminished pool of naive T cells following atrophy of the thymus and reduction in thymic output. The presence of high levels of naive T cells within the blood of young individuals could provide a boost to the immune system of an older self through a rejuvenation of the naive T cell pool. However what remains unresolved is whether the cells could be incorporated effectively into the T cell pool of the host and whether effectors could be generated. Using CD45 congenic mice in our experiments we show that the transfusion of young donor cells into older congenic host animals leads to their successful incorporation into the peripheral T cell pool. When the recipients were challenged with influenza virus, specific effector CD8 cells were generated which were of both host and donor origin. We found no relationship between the number of responder cells of donor origin at the time of assay and the number of cells injected.
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