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EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 39, 期 9, 页码 1407-1414出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.06.009
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human; aging; innate immunity; immunosenescence; mortality
Aging is associated with an impaired capacity of the immune system to respond property to danger signals, such as infection and cancer. Here, we provide evidence that an impaired innate immune response, as measured by a low production capacity of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines upon ex vivo standardized danger signalling with bacterial LPS, is predictive for frailty in elderly people: participants who at age 85-year produced low levels of LPS-induced IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-1Ra and IL-10, were found to have a more than 2-fold elevated overall mortality risk, independent of chronic illnesses (relative risk is 2.21, 95% confidence interval 1.27-3.82, P=0.005), compared to peers with a higher production of any of the pro- and/or anti-inflammatory cytokines. A significant genetic association with the IL-10 promoter gene was found, indicating that people who are genetically predisposed low cytokine producers are at a hi-her risk of losing the capacity to respond properly to danger signals with aging. We conclude that a malfunctioning innate immune response predicts frailty in old age and is under specific (immuno-) genetic control. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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