[HTML][HTML] Elderly at time of COronaVIrus disease 2019 (COVID-19): possible role of immunosenescence and malnutrition

L Bencivenga, G Rengo, G Varricchi - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly and unpredictably evolving and the
majority of deaths are occurring in older people. A partial description of the magnitude of the …

[HTML][HTML] I mmunosenescence and inflammaging: risk factors of severe COVID-19 in older people

AJ Pietrobon, FME Teixeira, MN Sato - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Old individuals are more susceptible to various infections due to immunological changes
that occur during the aging process. These changes named collectively as …

Immunosenescence and inflamm-ageing in COVID-19

MR Zinatizadeh, PK Zarandi, M Ghiasi… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The destructive effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the elderly and people
with cardiovascular disease have been proven. New findings shed light on the role of aging …

Immunosenescence exacerbates the COVID-19

C Napoli, I Tritto, G Mansueto, E Coscioni… - … of Gerontology and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging and senescence are complex processes associated with increased frailty (Calimport,
Bentley, & Stewart, 2019). Overall, many pathogens are more aggressive and prevalent in …

Triple jeopardy in ageing: COVID-19, co-morbidities and inflamm-ageing

IM Rea, HD Alexander - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Covid-19 endangers lives, has disrupted normal life, changed the way medicine is practised
and is likely to alter our world for the foreseeable future. Almost two years on since the …

[HTML][HTML] Aging, inflammaging and immunosenescence as risk factors of severe COVID-19

AM Tizazu, HM Mengist, G Demeke - Immunity & Ageing, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infectious disease caused
by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 is …

Could nutritional and functional status serve as prognostic factors for COVID-19 in the elderly?

I Lidoriki, M Frountzas, D Schizas - Medical hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Geriatric patients seem to be the most vulnerable group in COVID-19. These patients are
usually characterized by impaired mobilization and malnutrition. In addition, obesity has …

Immunosenescence and COVID-19

JM Witkowski, T Fulop, E Bryl - Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2022 - Elsevier
Ageing is associated with modified function of both innate and adaptive immunity. It is
believed that changes occurring in ageing immune system are responsible for increased …

Aging & COVID-19 susceptibility, disease severity, and clinical outcomes: The role of entangled risk factors

M Farshbafnadi, SK Zonouzi, M Sabahi… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) in late 2019 has been associated with a high rate of mortality and morbidity. It has been …

The nutritional status of the elderly patient infected with COVID-19: the forgotten risk factor?

J Abadía Otero, LS Briongos Figuero… - … medical research and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, the nutritional status
of individuals infected with the virus has not been included in the risk profiles prepared …