Ageing and life-long maintenance of T-cell subsets in the face of latent persistent infections.
Ageing and life-long maintenance of T-cell subsets in the face of latent persistent infections.
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面对潜在的持续感染,老化和终身维持T细胞子集。
DOI:
10.1038/nri2318
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2008-07
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通讯作者:
Nikolich-Zugich J
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Nikolich-Zugich J
A decline in T-cell immunity is one of the most consistent and most profound deficiencies of the elderly. Therapeutic correction of this decline often restores immune responsiveness and immune defence. T-cell immune decline in the elderly has at least two underpinnings: a drop in the responsiveness of naive T cells to stimulation (cell-autonomous defects) and a reduction in naive T-cell numbers and diversity that leads to a dominant memory T-cell pool (T-cell population imbalance). This article discusses two key causes of age-related T-cell population imbalance: homeostatic cycling or proliferative expansion in the peripheral T-cell pool, and latent persistent infections, which repeatedly stimulate the T-cell pool over the lifetime of the individual. The reduction in production of naive T cells by the thymus forces the ageing organism to rely on compensatory homeostatic mechanisms to maintain the balance between naive and memory T-cell pools. Although this may be initially successful, recent evidence suggests that late in life these mechanisms exhaust their usefulness and actually contribute to a further demise of the remaining naive T cells. Latent persistent infections, particularly with herpesviruses, lead to life-long periodic restimulation of the immune system, here, evidence is presented for the role of viral reactivation in this restimulation using a mouse model of herpesvirus infection and ageing. Relative roles and the interplay between the homeostatic and viral factors are discussed, with the former having a surprisingly prominent role. Finally, modes of immune rejuvenation and anti-ageing intervention are debated in light of these advances in our knowledge. A decline in T-cell immunity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases in the elderly. Janko Nikolich-Žugich weighs up the relative roles of and the interplay between homeostatic factors and persistent viruses in immune senescence. A diverse and well-balanced repertoire of T cells is thought to be crucial for the efficacious defence against infection with new or re-emerging pathogens throughout life. In the last third of the mammalian lifespan, the maintenance of a balanced T-cell repertoire becomes highly challenging because of the changes in T-cell production and consumption. In this Review, I question whether latent persistent pathogens might be key factors that drive this imbalance and whether they determine the extent of age-associated immune deficiency.
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影响因子:
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