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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Immune cell single-cell RNA sequencing analyses link an age-associated T cell subset to symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Meaghan M Broman, Nadia A Lanman, Renee E Vickman, Gregory M Cresswell, Harish Kothandaraman, Andree Kolliegbo, Juan Sebastian Paez Paez, Alexander P Glaser, Brian T Helfand, Gervaise Henry and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Immune dysregulation in the prostates of C57BL/6The Journal of pathology · 2026
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  7. Involvement of SIRT1-mediated aging in liver diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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14 authors.

Meaghan M BromanDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Nadia A LanmanDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Renee E VickmanDepartment of Surgery, Endeavor Health formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States.
Gregory M CresswellDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Harish KothandaramanDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Andree KolliegboDepartment of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Juan Sebastian Paez PaezPurdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Alexander P GlaserDepartment of Surgery, Endeavor Health formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States.
Brian T HelfandDepartment of Surgery, Endeavor Health formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States.
Gervaise HenryDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Douglas W StrandDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Omar E FrancoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States.
Simon W HaywardDepartment of Surgery, Endeavor Health formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States.
Timothy L RatliffDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is among the most common age-associated diseases in men. Prostatic immune cell infiltration is frequently observed with aging coincident with BPH; however, the contribution of age-related changes in immune cells to BPH is not clear. As T cells are the predominate immune cell in aged prostates, it is hypothesized that age-associated alterations in T cell subsets contribute to BPH symptoms. Methods: scRNA-seq data from immune cells isolated from small (≤40g) and large (≥90g) prostates from aged men (>50 years) were combined with previously published scRNA-seq data from three young organ donor prostates to compare young to aged prostate T cells and small to large aged prostate T cells. Cycling and senescent BPH patient-derived fibroblasts were treated with granzyme K and senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP)-associated cytokines were measured by ELISA. Results: An age-associated CD8 Discussion: These data suggest that granzyme K-mediated stimulation of prostate stromal fibroblast SASP cytokine and chemokine production promotes prostate immune cell recruitment and activation. Overall, these results connect symptomatic BPH with immune aging.

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AgingCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesProstatic HyperplasiaT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsCellular SenescenceGranzymesHumansMaleMiddle AgedProstateRNA-SeqSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisGranzymesagingBPHgranzyme KinflammagingprostateSASPT cells

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