Inflamm-ageing
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Inflamm-ageing, defined as the chronic low-grade inflammation typical of ageing, seems to be the common biological factor responsible for the decline and the onset of disease in the elderly. The major age-related diseases share a common inflammatory pathogenesis, giving rise to the so-called 'diseasome of inflamm-ageing'. Main objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive view of the complex interactions responsible for inflamm-ageing, underlining its relationship with metaflammation and the role of senescent cells, gut microbiota and nutrition in determining when, where and how much this phenomenon impacts on the health status during human lifespan. RECENT FINDINGS: The ageing process and the health status of elderly people may be improved by facing and slowing down inflamm-ageing. Among the inflammation modulators, gut microbiota and nutrition should be exploited as potential powerful tools to promote healthy ageing and to extend the lifespan in humans. SUMMARY: The possibility to control inflamm-ageing represents a powerful tool to modulate and counteract the major age-related pathologies and it is urgent to clarify the shady areas of the complex mechanisms underpinning inflamm-ageing in order to carry out targeted therapeutic interventions towards an improvement of the health status in the elderly population.
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Low-level chronic inflammation, called inflammaging, is a commonality among hallmarks of aging that has been linked to the immune system.
“One of these commonalities has been linked to the immune system: low levels of chronic inflammation, otherwise known as inflammaging or inflamm-ageing [4].”
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- Authors
- Cevenini, E., Monti, D., & Franceschi, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- University of Florence (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Cevenini, Elisa
- Monti, Daniela
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14-20
- ISSN
- 1363-1950 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4247538071
- Semantic Scholar
- 2f4e25a92e5b1a07ea2e609eab72a89d14c9d205
- Cited by
- 317
- References
- 11
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- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- low-grade inflammation, aging, age-related diseases, metabolic inflammation, senescent cells, gut microbiota, nutrition, healthy aging, lifespan extension
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Health Status, Humans, Inflammation, NF-kappa B, Cellular Senescence, Gastrointestinal Tract, Metagenome
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