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Role of CMV in immune senescence.

Pawelec, Graham, Derhovanessian, Evelyna·2011·Virus Research

Abstract

"Immune senescence" is a descriptive term for the deleterious age-associated changes to immunity observed in all mammals studied so far. While all components of innate and adaptive immunity are changed with age, the clinical impact of these changes is not clear, and mechanisms of and markers for immunosenescence are controversial. In humans, several cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that the major accepted age-associated changes to parameters used to assess adaptive immune status are markedly influenced by infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV). In the very limited longitudinal studies thus far carried out, a cluster of immune parameters associating with 2-, 4- and 6-year survival of the very elderly has been identified and termed the "immune risk profile" (IRP). This cluster includes seropositivity for CMV and is characterised by accumulations of clonal expansions of late-differentiated CD8+ T cells, many of which are specific for CMV antigens. Here we review the impact of CMV on "immune senescence" in humans.

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Authors
Pawelec, G., & Derhovanessian, E.
Affiliations
University of Tübingen (DE)
Corresponding author
Pawelec, Graham
Venue
Virus Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-05
Volume
157
Issue
2
Pages
175-179
ISSN
0168-1702 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1983064582
Cited by
201
References
60
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FWCI
11.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Virus Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
Keywords
cytomegalovirus, immunosenescence, CD8+ T cells, clonal expansion, CMV seropositivity, aging
MeSH terms
Aging, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Cytomegalovirus, Humans, Immunity, Risk Factors, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes

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