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ArticleNature aging2025

Single-cell immune aging clocks reveal inter-individual heterogeneity during infection and vaccination.

Wenchao Li, Zhenhua Zhang, Saumya Kumar, Javier Botey-Bataller, Martijn Zoodsma, Ali Ehsani, Qiuyao Zhan, Ahmed Alaswad, Liang Zhou, Inge Grondman and 10 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Wenchao LiDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7956-0742
Zhenhua ZhangDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.
Saumya KumarDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-1944
Javier Botey-BatallerDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-3150
Martijn ZoodsmaDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3636-2209
Ali EhsaniDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-5852
Qiuyao ZhanDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.
Ahmed AlaswadDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.
Liang ZhouDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.
Inge GrondmanDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Valerie KoekenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-9013
Jian YangThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Gang WangThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Sonja VollandHannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4324-2180
Tania O CrişanDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Leo A B JoostenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-9830
Thomas IlligHannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Cheng-Jian XuDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.
Mihai G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-6052
Yang LiDepartment of Computational Biology of Individualised Medicine, Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), a Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany. Yang.Li@helmholtz-hzi.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-7341

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 390874280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging affects human immune system functionality, increasing susceptibility to immune-mediated diseases. While gene expression programs accurately reflect immune function, their relationship with biological immune aging and health status remains unclear. Here we developed robust, cell-type-specific aging clocks (sc-ImmuAging) for the myeloid and lymphoid immune cell populations in circulation within peripheral blood mononuclear cells, using single-cell RNA-sequencing data from 1,081 healthy individuals aged from 18 to 97 years. Application of sc-ImmuAging to transcriptome data of patients with COVID-19 revealed notable age acceleration in monocytes, which decreased during recovery. Furthermore, inter-individual variations in immune aging induced by vaccination were identified, with individuals exhibiting elevated baseline interferon response genes showing age rejuvenation in CD8

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AgingCOVID-19ImmunosenescenceAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBCG VaccineCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleMiddle AgedMonocytesSARS-CoV-2BCG Vaccine

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PMID40044970
PMCPMC12003178

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