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Lewerin C, Johansson H, Karlsson MK, Lorentzon M, Lerner UH, Kindblom JM, Ohlsson C, Smith U, Mellström D. High plasma osteocalcin is associated with low blood haemoglobin in elderly men: the MrOS Sweden Study. J Intern Med 2016; 280:398-406. [PMID: 27038007 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been suggested that osteoblasts are involved in the regulation of haematopoietic stem cells. Whether osteocalcin, which is derived from osteoblasts and is metabolically active, influences blood haemoglobin (Hb) levels is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine whether plasma osteocalcin is a determinant of Hb in elderly men. METHODS A total of 993 men (mean age 75.3 ± 3.2 years) participated in the population-based MrOS (osteoporotic fractures in men) study. Plasma osteocalcin concentration was evaluated in relation to Hb and adjustments were made for potential confounders (i.e. age, body mass index, erythropoietin, total oestradiol, fasting insulin, adiponectin, ferritin and cystatin C). RESULTS Hb correlated (age adjusted) negatively with osteocalcin in the total study group (r = -0.12, P < 0.001) as well as in the subgroup of nondiabetic men (r = -0.16, P < 0.001). In nondiabetic men with higher osteocalcin levels, it was more likely that Hb would be in the lowest quartile (odds ratio per SD decrease in osteocalcin 1.32, 95% confidence interval 1.13-1.53). Quartiles of Hb were negatively associated (age adjusted) with osteocalcin (P < 0.001). Anaemic men (47/812) (Hb <130 g L(-1) ) had significantly higher mean osteocalcin levels than nonanaemic men (33.9 vs. 27.1 μg L(-1) , P < 0.001). In multiple stepwise linear regression analyses (adjusted for age, body mass index, total oestradiol, adiponectin, erythropoietin, fasting insulin, cystatin C, leptin, ferritin and holotranscobalamin), osteocalcin was an independent predictor of Hb concentration in nondiabetic men (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These data add further support to the evidence indicating that the bone-specific protein osteocalcin has several endocrine functions targeting the pancreas, testes, adipocytes, brain. An additional novel finding is that osteocalcin may also have a paracrine function as a regulator of haematopoiesis.
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- C Lewerin
- Section of Hematology and Coagulation, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Orthopaedics, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Molecular Periodontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Department of Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Lewerin C, Nilsson-Ehle H, Jacobsson S, Johansson H, Sundh V, Karlsson MK, Lorentzon M, Barrett-Connor E, Vandenput L, Ohlsson C, Mellström D. Serum estradiol associates with blood hemoglobin in elderly men: the MrOS Sweden study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014; 99:2549-56. [PMID: 24731011 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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CONTEXT Blood hemoglobin (Hb) declines with age in healthy elderly men, in whom decreasing T has been regarded as part of normal aging. However, the association between Hb and serum estradiol is incompletely known. OBJECTIVE To determine whether estradiol is associated with anemia/Hb and established determinants of Hb in elderly men without prostate cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The MrOS (Osteoporotic Fractures in Men) is a population-based study (n = 918; median age, 75.3 y; range, 70-81 y). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We evaluated total estradiol in relation to Hb and adjusted for potential confounders (ie, age, body mass index [BMI], erythropoietin [EPO], total T, cystatin C, and iron and B-vitamin status). RESULTS Estradiol correlated negatively with age (r = -0.14; P < .001). Hb correlated (age adjusted) positively with estradiol (r = 0.21; P < .001) and T (r = 0.10; P < .01). Independent predictors for Hb in multivariate analyses were estradiol, EPO, BMI, transferrin saturation, cystatin C, and free T4, but not T. After exclusion of subjects with Hb <130 g/L and/or T < 8 nmol/L (n = 99), the correlation between Hb and T was no longer significant, whereas the associations between Hb and estradiol remained. After adjusting for age, BMI, and EPO, men with lower estradiol levels were more likely to have Hb in the lowest quartile of values (odds ratio per SD decrease in estradiol = 1.61 [95% confidence interval, 1.34-1.93]). Anemic subjects (Hb < 130 g/L) had lower mean estradiol than nonanemic subjects (67.4 vs 79.4 pmol/L; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Estradiol correlated positively and independently with Hb. Decreased estradiol might partly explain the age-related Hb decline observed in healthy elderly men.
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- Catharina Lewerin
- Section of Hematology and Coagulation, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine (C.L., H.N.-E.), Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine (S.J.), and Center for Bone and Arthritis Research (CBAR), Geriatric Medicine at the Institute of Medicine (H.J., V.S., M.L., D.M.), Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden; Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit (M.K.K.), Department of Clinical Sciences and Orthopaedics, Lund University, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden; Department of Family and Preventative Medicine (E.B.-C.), University of California, San Diego, California 92093; and CBAR (L.V., C.O.), Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, at the Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-411 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gene expression changes in normal haematopoietic cells. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2009; 22:249-69. [PMID: 19698932 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The complexity of the healthy haematopoietic system is immense, and as such, one must understand the biology driving normal haematopoietic expression profiles when designing experiments and interpreting expression data that involve normal cells. This article seeks to present an organised approach to the use and interpretation of gene profiling in normal haematopoiesis and broadly illustrates the challenges of selecting appropriate controls for high-throughput expression studies.
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Malaguarnera L, Cristaldi E, Malaguarnera M. The role of immunity in elderly cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009; 74:40-60. [PMID: 19577481 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The increased incidence of malignancies in elderly patients living in industrialized countries has led to both identify the causes that alter the normal homeostatic balance in elderly and designate the specific treatments. The progressive decline of the immune system (immunosenescence) involving cellular and molecular alterations impact both innate and adaptive immunity. The immunosenescence leads to increased incidence of infectious diseases morbidity and mortality as well as heightened rates of other immune disorders such as autoimmunity, cancer, and inflammatory conditions. Here, we summarize the knowledge on the major changes in the immune system associated with aging in primary lymphoid organs as well as a description of molecular mechanisms, and the impact on cancer development.
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Taraldsrud E, Grøgaard HK, Solheim S, Lunde K, Fløisand Y, Arnesen H, Seljeflot I, Egeland T. Age and stress related phenotypical changes in bone marrow CD34+ cells. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2009; 69:79-84. [PMID: 18836945 DOI: 10.1080/00365510802419447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Phenotypical changes in the human bone marrow (BM) due to age and stress have not so far been properly addressed in the literature. In the present study, we compared CD34(+) BM cells between older and young volunteers. The influence of stress on CD34(+) cell phenotype in older patients was investigated in an age-matched group with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Cytokines thought to influence BM CD34(+) cell homeostasis were also analysed. MATERIAL AND METHODS BM mononuclear cells of 10 older volunteers and of 7 young volunteers (18-25 years), as well as 22 AMI patients, were analysed by flow cytometry for the following markers: CD34, CD38, CD117 (c-kit) and CD133. Blood samples were analysed for CRP, IL-6, MCP-1, IL-8, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TNFalpha by ELISA methods. RESULTS Significantly higher numbers of CD34(+) CD38(-) cells (both absolute and relative) were observed in older volunteers than in young volunteers and AMI patients. Higher numbers of immature progenitors, namely CD34(+)CD38(-) cells and CD34(+)CD38(-)CD117(+)CD133(+) cells, were observed among older volunteers compared to the other groups. However, the relative number of CD34(+) cells lacking CD38 expression or expressing CD133 was higher in the old volunteers and AMI patients. None of the circulating factors investigated correlated with any of the cell population yields. CONCLUSION In this study, we found that the absolute and relative numbers of BM CD34(+)CD38(-) progenitor cells increase with age. The increment is attenuated in patients with AMI.
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- Eli Taraldsrud
- Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, NO-0027 Oslo, Norway.
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Aging and erythropoiesis: Current state of knowledge. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2008; 41:158-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Moresi R, Tesei S, Costarelli L, Viticchi C, Stecconi R, Bernardini G, Provinciali M. Age- and gender-related alterations of the number and clonogenic capacity of circulating CD34+ progenitor cells. Biogerontology 2006; 6:185-92. [PMID: 16041622 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-005-7954-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Accepted: 03/10/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the peripheral representation and the clonogenic capacity of CD34(+) progenitor cells from 130 healthy subjects (80 females and 50 males) ranging in age from 16 to 100 years. We demonstrated that the absolute number of circulating CD34(+) cells progressively and significantly decreased with advancing age, with a 2-fold reduction in subjects aged more than 80 years. The number of granulocyte-macrophagic (CFU-GM), erytroid (BFU-E), and mixed (CFU-GEMM) colonies which developed from the number of CD34(+) purified cells per ml, progressively and significantly decreased with advancing age. The reduction of both CD34(+) cell number and clonogenic capacity during aging was statistically significant in males but not in females. When evaluated on a per cell bases, a significant age-related decrease in the number of CFU-GM colonies was observed in female but not in male subjects. Our study demonstrates the influence of gender on age-related alterations of the number and clonogenic capacity of CD34(+) cells in the peripheral blood. This evidence deserves particular consideration for the future planning of stem cell therapy in age-associated debilitating diseases.
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- Raffaella Moresi
- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, INRCA Gerontol. Res. Dept., Immunology Center, Ancona, Italy
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Skjelbakken T, Langbakk B, Dahl IMS, Løchen ML. Haemoglobin and anaemia in a gender perspective: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Haematol 2005; 74:381-8. [PMID: 15813911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00392.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the gender-specific distribution of haemoglobin (Hb) and the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for anaemia compared with the 2.5 percentile for Hb. METHODS A population-based study from Tromsø, Northern Norway. All inhabitants above 24 yr were invited. In total, 26 530 (75%) had their Hb analysed. RESULTS The 2.5-97.5 percentile of Hb was 129-166 and 114-152 g/L for all men and women, respectively. In men, mean Hb decreased from 148 to 137 g/L between 55-64 and 85+ yr. In women, mean Hb increased from 132 to 137 g/L between 35-44 and 65-74 yr and then decreased to 131 g/L among the oldest. Using the WHO criteria for anaemia (Hb: <130 and <120 g/L, men and women respectively), the prevalence of anaemia in men increased with age from 0.6% aged 25-34 to 29.6% aged 85+. For women, the prevalence of anaemia varied from 9.1%, 2.2% and 16.5% in the age groups of 35-44, 55-64 and 85+ yr, respectively. The WHO criteria gave a two to three times higher prevalence of anaemia compared with the 2.5 percentile of Hb in women, but the difference was small in men. Poor self-rated health was not associated with low values of Hb in women. In men, there was an association in some age groups. CONCLUSION The WHO criteria for anaemia and the 2.5 percentile for Hb corresponded well for men, but not for women. The WHO criteria of anaemia may result in medicalization of healthy women.
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- Tove Skjelbakken
- Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Nilsson-Ehle H, Bengtsson BA, Lindstedt G, Mellström D. Insulin-like growth factor-1 is a predictor of blood haemoglobin concentration in 70-yr-old subjects. Eur J Haematol 2005; 74:111-6. [PMID: 15654900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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UNLABELLED The role of growth hormone (GH) for maintaining normal erythropoiesis among non-GH-deficient elderly subjects is not known. OBJECTIVES To determine relationships between the concentrations of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and it's carrier protein insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3), as well as plasma erythropoietin (EPO), and blood haemoglobin (Hb) in elderly subjects. METHODS Serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 and plasma EPO were, in addition to basal haematological tests, measured in a community based representative population sample of 70-yr-olds (n = 619; 317 women and 302 men). Statistical analyses were made before and after exclusion of non-healthy subjects. RESULTS Mean IGF-1 concentration was higher among men than women (155 vs. 138 mug/L, P = 0.0000), and that of IGFBP3 lower (2.21 vs. 2.65 mg/L, P = 0.0000). Exclusion of subjects with demonstrable disorders did not significantly influence the distributions of serum-IGF-1 and serum-BP-3. Hb concentration was positively correlated to concentrations of IGF-1 (r = 0.15, P < 0.01 for the men; r = 0.34, P < 0.001 for the women), and IGFBP-3 (r = 0.07, n.s. for the men; r = 0.27, P < 0.001 for the women), and negatively correlated to EPO concentration (r = -0.34, P < 0.001 for the men; r = -0.42, P < 0.001 for the women). In multivariate analysis, serum concentrations of IGF-1, iron, and plasma concentrations of EPO were independently correlated to Hb among both men and women. CONCLUSION GH and/or IGF-1 are, independently from EPO and regardless of health status and sex, a significant determinant of Hb in elderly subjects.
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- Herman Nilsson-Ehle
- Department of Medicine, the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Immunosenescence, the progressive decline in immune function that develops with age, results from cumulative alterations in critical B- and T-cell subpopulations. Decreases in circulating memory B cells and in germinal center formation are evident in the elderly, possibly due to diminished follicular dendritic-cell function. T-cell dysfunction is associated with reduced thymic generation of naïve T cells, virus-induced expansion of terminal effectors and increased levels of memory cells producing type I and II cytokines. The diversity of the T-cell receptor repertoire is diminished by the first two changes, and elevated type I cytokines might contribute to the pro-inflammatory cytokine milieu present in the elderly.
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- Frances T Hakim
- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1907, USA
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Pinto A, Zagonel V, Ferrara F. Acute myeloid leukemia in the elderly: biology and therapeutic strategies. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2001; 39:275-87. [PMID: 11500268 DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(00)00122-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Age represents one of the most important adverse prognostic factors in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The therapeutic results for patients older than 60 years accrued into clinical trials of intensive chemotherapy are largely unsatisfactory (complete remission rates rarely superior to 50-60%; median relapse-free survival usually less than 12 months). Because only 30-40% of elderly patients are actually entered into these trials, the overall failure of current treatments appear even more disappointing when considered in the context of the whole population of older individuals with AML. This appears primarily due to intrinsic differences in the biology of leukemia itself and to host-related factors (i.e. reduced tolerance to chemotherapy and comorbidity). AMLs of older subjects display several biological overlaps with secondary AMLs including multilineage involvement, phenotype, unfavorable cytogenetics and elevated activity of multidrug resistance genes. The clinical application of biologically-based prognostic factors may enable to separate patients who may actually benefit from aggressive chemotherapy from those who should be offered attenuated/palliative treatments or enrolled upfront into experimental trials of new drugs or biologic/immunologic treatments. This may hopefully result in a 'risk-adapted' strategy aimed at improving disease free survival and/or quality of life for patients with differing risk profiles.
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- A Pinto
- Department of Medical Oncology, Developmental Oncology/Hematology and Leukemia Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, Via Pedemontana Occidentale 12, I-33081, Aviano, Italy.
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Anemia, usually mild, is one of the more common problems of the aged, especially in men. Although the anemia is often multifactorial, the specific entities can be grouped into three broad categories: (a) anemias due to causes more common in the elderly; (b) anemias without special predilection for the elderly; (c) anemias of unknown cause. The major biological questions concern the third category, which accounts for 14-17% of the anemias, and whether senescence itself contributes to anemia. Current opinion favors a diminished erythropoietic reserve with aging, but the data are inconsistent and the mechanism has not been established. It may be that cytokine modulation of erythropoiesis is abnormal. Some findings in unexplained anemia bear partial resemblance to the changes of anemia of chronic disease, suggesting the possibility that subtle unidentified inflammatory responses of unknown origin may be operative in many elderly people. Of the anemias of known cause that are especially common in the elderly, anemia of chronic disease is an important entity but is sometimes obscured or overlooked and its diagnosis rests on crude tests. Cobalamin deficiency is very common also, although most cases are mild and not accompanied by anemia. Because the basic diagnostic approach to anemia is neither complex nor very invasive and anemia may be a marker of poor prognosis, attribution of anemia to senescence is not advisable until other causes have been ruled out.
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- R Carmel
- Department of Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11215-9008, USA
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This review addresses a novel facet of human T cell biology that constitutes a fundamental problem for long-term maintenance of immunological memory against viruses. The finite proliferative capacity of human T lymphocytes is sufficiently great to accommodate the waves of clonal expansion associated with primary and even secondary immune responses. However, long-term memory to viruses that establish latency and to repeatedly encountered viruses such as influenza may be severely impaired by "replicative senescence", a genetically programmed process affecting most somatic cell types of human origin. Consistent with this idea, memory CD8+ T cells with hallmarks of replicative senescence have been identified in vivo. Such cells may contribute to compromised viral immunity and response to vaccines, and furthermore, their very presence may negatively influence homeostatic mechanisms that control the size of the memory T cell pool in elderly persons.
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- R B Effros
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732, USA.
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Aging is associated with a decline in immune function in humans and animals. The primary defects appear to reside in the T-cell compartment. Improving understanding of the mechanisms underlying the general decline in immune functions with age may enhance our ability to prevent and treat age-associated illnesses. Development of biomarker(s) of immune senescence may eventually help clinicians to identify subpopulations of the elderly who are at risk for infections, malignancies, and possibly autoimmune diseases.
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- R L Yung
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, USA
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The question of whether hematopoietic stem cells are altered in aging has been the subject of considerable controversy for over two decades. The substantial advancement of knowledge on hematopoietic stem cells and developmental hematology in the last few years has reopened this issue for critical analysis. Dynamic changes have been noted regarding the anatomic site and the function of hematopoietic cells, from the early embryo to old age. Whereas basal hematopoietic potential is maintained in aging. the capacity for recovery from hematological stress and for stem cell self-renewal appears to decline gradually. A distinction is thus made between the steady-state hematopoiesis in aging and the developmental potential of stem cells. The establishment of proper tools to identify and to study purified stem cells and committed cell populations offers a direct approach to further elucidate aging across the axis from primitive stem cells to the mature blood cells. The present article represents a brief review of this area.
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- A Globerson
- Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Pawelec G, Müller R, Rehbein A, Hähnel K, Ziegler BL. Finite lifespans of T cell clones derived from CD34+ human haematopoietic stem cells in vitro. Exp Gerontol 1999; 34:69-77. [PMID: 10197729 DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5565(98)00049-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Several studies have documented finite lifespans of at least the vast majority of cultured human T cell lines and clones. However, there is a great deal of variation among the different preparations, ranging from < 25 PD up to > 100 PD. The cultured T cells in all these studies originated from mature T cells isolated from peripheral blood of adult donors. It was, therefore, impossible to assess the contribution of differences in in vivo age to the subsequent differences between clones in in vitro aging. In an attempt to circumvent this difficulty, we have developed a culture system that supports the differentiation of highly purified human CD34+ cells into CD3+ T cells in vitro. This features the use of a serum-free medium supplemented with the cytokines flt-3 ligand, IL 3, stem cell factor (c-kit ligand) and IL 2, together with IL 7 or oncostatin M (OM). In this way it is possible to perform "longitudinal" studies on T cells derived de novo in vitro. We show here that T cell clones derived under these circumstances also manifest variable finite life expectancies, for which the only uncontrolled (nonstochastic) effects of aging must already have occurred at the stem cell level.
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- G Pawelec
- Tübingen Ageing and Tumour Immunology Group, Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology and Rheumatology, Tübingen University Medical School, Germany.
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Aged persons frequently manifest declining parameters of those immune functions which protect the young against disease. Longitudinal studies are beginning to show that number, type and function of T cells may be associated with longevity, morbidity and mortality in free-living elderly humans. Multi-faceted alterations in the ability of T cells from old donors to respond to stimulation are being dissected, and pathways which are compromized in the elderly compared to the young are being defined. Successful immune responses depend upon waves of rapid and extensive clonal expansion to combat primary infection, followed by death of most T cells, survival of memory cells and their later reactivation and further expansion. This implies that the finite replicative potential of T cells might impose a critical limiting factor on the maintenance of immune responses in the face of thymic involution and drastically reduced capacity to generate new naive T cells. This type of 'clonal exhaustion' can readily be studied in vitro using human T cell clones and the findings can be applied to the in vivo situation. Understanding the processes of replicative senescence in such in vitro models may shed light not only on some of the underlying mechanisms of immunosenescence but also in situations of chronic antigenic stimulation in vivo. Moreover, it might begin to indicate how the system could be manipulated on the one hand to prevent or reverse T cell senescence without nullifying the control mechanisms of tumor suppression, and on the other hand, to reconstitute possibly faulty suppression, for example in autoimmune disease.
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- G Pawelec
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tübingen Medical School, Germany.
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Adibzadeh M, Mariani E, Bartoloni C, Beckman I, Ligthart G, Remarque E, Shall S, Solana R, Taylor GM, Barnett Y, Pawelec G. Lifespans of T lymphocytes. Mech Ageing Dev 1996; 91:145-54. [PMID: 8905611 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01783-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- M Adibzadeh
- EUCAMBIS Central Facility, Medical and Natural Sciences Research Center MNF, University of Tübingen, Germany
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