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Metabolic syndrome, hormones, and maintenance of T cells during aging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20591642     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although the phenotype of T-cell senescence has been extensively investigated, few studies have analyzed the factors that promote the generation and maintenance of naïve and memory T cells that exist throughout the lifespan of the individuals. Unlike senescent T cells, naïve and memory T cells are able to participate in useful immune responses as well as respond to new activation. Hormones such as leptin, ghrelin, insulin-like growth factor 1, IGFBP3, and cytokines, including IL-7, regulate both thymopoiesis and maintenance of naïve T cells in the periphery. Although chronic viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) are thought to drive T-cell senescence, other microbes may be important for the maintenance of nonsenescent T cells. Microbiota of the gut can induce metabolic syndrome as well as modulate T-cell development into specific subpopulations of effector cells. Finally, T-cell generation, maintenance, and apoptosis depend upon pathways of energy utilization within the T cells, which parallel those that regulate overall metabolism. Therefore, better understanding of metabolic syndrome, T-cell metabolism, hormones, and microbiota may lead to new insights into the maintenance of proper immune responses in old age.
Authors:
Hui-Chen Hsu; John D Mountz
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review     Date:  2010-06-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current opinion in immunology     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1879-0372     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr. Opin. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-16     Completed Date:  2010-11-12     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8900118     Medline TA:  Curr Opin Immunol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  541-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / physiology*
Cell Aging / immunology
Hormones / physiology*
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome X / immunology*
T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P01 AG022064/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-01A1/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-03/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-04/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-05/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-06/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG022064-06S1/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-05/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-05S1/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-06A2/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-06A2S1/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-07/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-08/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-09/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG011653-10/AG/NIA NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hormones
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