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ReviewSeminars in immunology2012

Translational research in immune senescence: assessing the relevance of current models.

Kevin P High, Arne N Akbar, Janko Nikolich-Zugich

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Review in Seminars in immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A roadmap for translational cancer glycoimmunology at single cell resolution.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2022
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  9. Dysregulation of Systemic Immunity in Aging and Dementia.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021
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  12. Extracellular vesicles extracted from young donor serum attenuate inflammaging via partially rejuvenating aged T-cell immunotolerance.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2018
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  15. Unusual CD4Immune network · 2016
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  16. Resolution of inflammation: a new therapeutic frontier.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2016
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  20. Is HIV a model of accelerated or accentuated aging?The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kevin P HighSection on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. khigh@wakehealth.edu
Arne N Akbar
Janko Nikolich-Zugich
University College London · GBUniversity of Arizona · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Wake Forest Claude D. Pepper OAIC - RenewalP30AG021332 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Jamie Nicole Justice · 2002 to 2026
$36.4M
Vaccination and immune senescence in primatesP01AG023664 · NIA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MORI, MOTOMI · 2004 to 2008
$9.7M
T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Immune SenescenceR01AG020719 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI NIKOLICH, JANKO Z. · 2001 to 2012
$3.1M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG023664NIA NIH HHS P30 AG021332NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancing age is accompanied by profound changes in immune function; some are induced by the loss of critical niches that support development of naïve cells (e.g. thymic involution), others by the intrinsic physiology of long-lived cells attempting to maintain homeostasis, still others by extrinsic effects such as oxidative stress or long-term exposure to antigen due to persistent viral infections. Once compensatory mechanisms can no longer maintain a youthful phenotype the end result is the immune senescent milieu - one characterized by chronic, low grade, systemic inflammation and impaired responses to immune challenge, particularly when encountering new antigens. This state is associated with progression of chronic illnesses like atherosclerosis and dementia, and an increased risk of acute illness, disability and death in older adults. The complex interaction between immune senescence and chronic illness provides an ideal landscape for translational research with the potential to greatly affect human health. However, current animal models and even human investigative strategies for immune senescence have marked limitations, and the reductionist paradigm itself may be poorly suited to meet these challenges. A new paradigm, one that embraces complexity as a core feature of research in older adults is required to address the critical health issues facing the burgeoning senior population, the group that consumes the majority of healthcare resources. In this review, we outline the major advantages and limitations of current models and offer suggestions for how to move forward.

Indexed as

Models, ImmunologicalTranslational Research, BiomedicalAgingAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID22633440
PMCPMC4018581
OpenAlexW1986763065

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