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ReviewLongevity & healthspan2012

Aging, immunosenescence and membrane rafts: the lipid connection.

Tamas Fulop, Aurélie Le Page, Hugo Garneau, Naheed Azimi, Sarra Baehl, Gilles Dupuis, Graham Pawelec, Anis Larbi

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Review in Longevity & healthspan, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Possibilities of using T-cell biophysical biomarkers of ageing.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2022
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  4. The Role of Immunosenescence in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Tamas FulopDepartment of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada ; Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, 1036, rue Belvedere Sud, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 4C4, Canada.
Aurélie Le PageDepartment of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Hugo GarneauDepartment of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Naheed AzimiDepartment of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Sarra BaehlDepartment of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Gilles DupuisDepartment of Biochemistry, Graduate Program in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Graham PawelecCenter for Medical Research, Tübingen Aging and Tumor Immunology Group, University of Tübingen, Waldhörnlestrasse 22, Tübingen, D-72072, Germany.
Anis LarbiSingapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Immunos Building/Biopolis, Agency for Science Technology and Research (ASTAR), 8A Biomedical Grove, Singapore, 138648, Singapore.
Université de Sherbrooke · CAAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decreased efficiency of immune responses in older people is partly a consequence of alterations in T lymphocyte functions caused by modifications in the early events of signal transduction. Several alterations in the signaling pathways of T lymphocytes have been described in older humans and animals. A unifying cause could be modifications in the physicochemical properties of the plasma membrane resulting from changes in its lipid composition and the distribution and function of lipid rafts (LR). The latter serve to assemble the initial components of the signaling cascade. Accumulating data suggest that the function of plasma membrane LR is altered with aging; we hypothesize that this would significantly contribute to immune dysregulation. The role of aging and cholesterol in LR functions in T lymphocytes is reviewed and discussed here.

Indexed as

CholesterolImmune synapseImmunosenescenceLipid raftsSignal transductionT cells

Identifiers

PMID24764511
PMCPMC3886260
OpenAlexW2117630762

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