Age-associated changes in human CD4+ T cells point to mitochondrial dysfunction consequent to impaired autophagy
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T lymphocytes caused by defective mitochondrial turnover by autophagy, which may trigger chronic inflammation and contribute to the impairment of immune defense in older persons.
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Aging is associated with alterations in mitochondrial function and mitochondrial dynamics in memory T cells.
“The changes in the adaptive immune system, namely T-cells, with aging has been reported; memory T-cell function substantially decreases with aging (8,9), with alterations in mitochondrial function and mitochondrial dynamics (8–10).”
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The Results section on mitochondrial morphology reports dysmorphic mitochondria and undegraded autophagic compartments in older participants’ memory CD4+ T cells, supporting an age-related alteration in mitochondrial turnover. The respiration Results find reduced mitochondrial function in older participants’ CD4+ T cells overall, but do not establish that reduction specifically in memory T cells. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Bektas, A., Schurman, S. H., Gonzalez-Freire, M., Dunn, C. A., Singh, A. K., Macian, F., Cuervo, A. M., Sen, R., & Ferrucci, L.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Institute for Aging Studies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Corresponding author
- Ferrucci, Luigi
- Venue
- Aging
- Publisher
- Impact Journals, LLC
- Published
- 2019-11-09
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 9234-9263
- ISSN
- 1945-4589 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6874450
- OpenAlex
- W2982745597
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 12
- FWCI
- 7.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Johns Hopkins University
- National Institutes of Health (AG038072)
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG031782, P30AG038072, AG038072)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Keywords
- CD4+ T cells, mitochondrial dysfunction, autophagy, mitochondrial turnover, chronic inflammation, immunosenescence, T lymphocyte function
- MeSH terms
- Immunosenescence, Adult, Aged, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Mitochondria, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Respiration, Young Adult, Mitophagy
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