Role of aging and the immune response to respiratory viral infections: potential implications for COVID-19

J Chen, WJ Kelley, DR Goldstein - The Journal of Immunology, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Aging impairs immunity to promote diseases, especially respiratory viral infections. The
current COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from SARS-CoV-2, induces acute pneumonia, a …

Underlying vulnerabilities to the cytokine storm and adverse COVID-19 outcomes in the aging immune system

LS Nidadavolu, JD Walston - The Journals of Gerontology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Older adults are far more vulnerable to adverse health outcomes and mortality after
contracting COVID-19. There are likely multiple age-related biological, clinical, and …

[HTML][HTML] Immunesenescence: a predisposing risk factor for the development of COVID-19?

J Hazeldine, JM Lord - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bearing a strong resemblance to the phenotypic and functional remodeling of the immune
system that occurs during aging (termed immunesenescence), the immune response to …

How immunosenescence and inflammaging may contribute to hyperinflammatory syndrome in COVID-19

L Müller, S Di Benedetto - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aging is characterized by the dynamic remodeling of the immune system designated
“immunosenescence,” and is associated with altered hematopoiesis, thymic involution, and …

[HTML][HTML] Covid-19 and immunity in aging populations—a new research agenda

WC Koff, MA Williams - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Covid-19 and Immunity in Aging Populations As billions of dollars flow into research and
development efforts aimed at controlling SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic response remains …

COVID-19 and cellular senescence

CA Schmitt, T Tchkonia, LJ Niedernhofer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The clinical severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is largely determined by host
factors. Recent advances point to cellular senescence, an ageing-related switch in cellular …

[HTML][HTML] From aging to long COVID: exploring the convergence of immunosenescence, inflammaging, and autoimmunity

L Müller, S Di Benedetto - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The process of aging is accompanied by a dynamic restructuring of the immune response, a
phenomenon known as immunosenescence. This mini-review navigates through the …

Cellular senescence as a potential mediator of COVID‐19 severity in the elderly

J Nehme, M Borghesan, S Mackedenski, TG Bird… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 is a novel betacoronavirus which infects the lower respiratory tract and can
cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), a complex respiratory distress syndrome …

The conundrum of human immune system “senescence”

G Pawelec, A Bronikowski, SC Cunnane… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a great deal of debate on the question of whether or not we know what ageing is
(Ref. Cohen et al., 2020). Here, we consider what we believe to be the especially confused …

[PDF][PDF] A diminished immune response underlies age-related SARS-CoV-2 pathologies

K Oishi, S Horiuchi, J Frere, RE Schwartz - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Morbidity and mortality in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection are significantly elevated in
people of advanced age. To understand the underlying biology of this phenotype, we utilize …