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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2023

Immunosenescence: molecular mechanisms and diseases.

Zaoqu Liu, Qimeng Liang, Yuqing Ren, Chunguang Guo, Xiaoyong Ge, Libo Wang, Quan Cheng, Peng Luo, Yi Zhang, Xinwei Han

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In one paragraph

Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07674498 (Prediction of Response Related to IMmune Age T Cell Fitness in Elderly Patients With Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma), which is not on this map. Cited by 663 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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663citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
163.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07674498 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Prediction of Response Related to IMmune Age T Cell Fitness in Elderly Patients With Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

TypeinterventionalSponsorJules Bordet InstituteRan2026 to 2027Enrolled31ConditionsMyeloma MultipleArmsimmunophenotyping of lymphocyte
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

663 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 763 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zaoqu Liu *Department of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Qimeng Liang *Nephrology Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, 4500052, Henan, China.
Yuqing Ren *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Chunguang GuoDepartment of Endovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Xiaoyong GeDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Libo WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Quan ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-5349
Peng LuoDepartment of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi ZhangBiotherapy Center and Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, China. yizhang@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9861-4681
Xinwei HanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. fcchanxw@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4407-4864
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CNCentral South University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection susceptibility, poor vaccination efficacy, age-related disease onset, and neoplasms are linked to innate and adaptive immune dysfunction that accompanies aging (known as immunosenescence). During aging, organisms tend to develop a characteristic inflammatory state that expresses high levels of pro-inflammatory markers, termed inflammaging. This chronic inflammation is a typical phenomenon linked to immunosenescence and it is considered the major risk factor for age-related diseases. Thymic involution, naïve/memory cell ratio imbalance, dysregulated metabolism, and epigenetic alterations are striking features of immunosenescence. Disturbed T-cell pools and chronic antigen stimulation mediate premature senescence of immune cells, and senescent immune cells develop a proinflammatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype that exacerbates inflammaging. Although the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be addressed, it is well documented that senescent T cells and inflammaging might be major driving forces in immunosenescence. Potential counteractive measures will be discussed, including intervention of cellular senescence and metabolic-epigenetic axes to mitigate immunosenescence. In recent years, immunosenescence has attracted increasing attention for its role in tumor development. As a result of the limited participation of elderly patients, the impact of immunosenescence on cancer immunotherapy is unclear. Despite some surprising results from clinical trials and drugs, it is necessary to investigate the role of immunosenescence in cancer and other age-related diseases.

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ImmunosenescenceNeoplasmsCellular SenescenceHumansT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID37179335
PMCPMC10182360
OpenAlexW4376631082

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