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Tackling immunosenescence to improve COVID-19 outcomes and vaccine response in older adults

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Cox, Lynne S, Bellantuono, Ilaria, Lord, Janet M, Sapey, Elizabeth, Mannick, Joan B, Partridge, Linda, Gordon, Adam L, Steves, Claire J +1 more·2020·The Lancet Healthy Longevity

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The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a potent reminder that older people are at very high risk of adverse outcomes from infectious disease because of comorbidities associated with ageing and decreased immunological competence (immunosenescence). Care home residents are particularly at risk because physiological vulnerability is compounded by cohabitation with other frail adults, increasing exposure and risk of infection. Immunosenescence not only increases susceptibility to disease but also blunts the effectiveness of vaccines1—one of our most powerful tools for preventing infections—with annual influenza vaccinations only 30–40% effective in the most at-risk older populations.

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  • COVID-19-related VIS may aggravate age-related pathologies via enhanced SASP-mediated inflammation, as demonstrated for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in preclinical models, and might further deteriorate immune competence by inducing senescence in immune cells.

    “COVID-19-related VIS may also aggravate age-related pathologies via enhanced SASP-mediated inflammation29,169, as demonstrated for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in preclinical models170, and might further deteriorate immune competence by inducing senescence in immune cells171,172.”

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Authors
Cox, L. S., Bellantuono, I., Lord, J. M., Sapey, E., Mannick, J. B., Partridge, L., Gordon, A. L., Steves, C. J., & Witham, M. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Arthritis UK (GB)
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (DE)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Corresponding author
Cox, Lynne S
Venue
The Lancet Healthy Longevity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-11
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
e55-e57
ISSN
2666-7568 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3100745755
Cited by
73
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 2
FWCI
5.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Healthy Longevity (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (098565/Z/12/Z)
  • Scottish Government
  • Cancer Research UK
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • British Heart Foundation
  • British Lung Foundation
  • Diabetes UK
  • British Geriatrics Society
  • Public Health England
  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • Versus Arthritis
  • Foundation for Research in Rheumatology
  • BIRAX
  • National Institutes of Health (COVID-19)
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Medical Research Council (MC_PC_14131, COVID-19)
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G037086/1)
  • NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
  • Research England
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG064802)
  • Health Data Research UK
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
Keywords
immunosenescence, COVID-19 pandemic, older adults, vaccine response, nursing home residents, frailty, comorbidities, influenza vaccination, vaccine effectiveness, aging, infection susceptibility
MeSH terms
Immunosenescence, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Aged, Humans, Vaccines

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