Cancer and aging: two tightly interconnected biological processes

L Berben, G Floris, H Wildiers, S Hatse - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As life expectancy is increasing, the older population is rapidly growing.
However, older patients with cancer are still underrepresented in clinical trials, making …

Chronic inflammation (inflammaging) and its potential contribution to age-associated diseases

C Franceschi, J Campisi - Journals of Gerontology Series A …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Human aging is characterized by a chronic, low-grade inflammation, and this phenomenon
has been termed as “inflammaging.” Inflammaging is a highly significant risk factor for both …

Gastrointestinal tract disorders in older age

I Dumic, T Nordin, M Jecmenica… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Considering an increase in the life expectancy leading to a rise in the elderly population, it is
important to recognize the changes that occur along the process of aging. Gastrointestinal …

The immune system and its dysregulation with aging

L Müller, S Di Benedetto, G Pawelec - … and cell biology of ageing: Part II …, 2019 - Springer
Aging leads to numerous changes that affect all physiological systems of the body including
the immune system, causing greater susceptibility to infectious disease and contributing to …

DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

RE Marioni, S Shah, AF McRae, BH Chen, E Colicino… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background DNA methylation levels change with age. Recent studies have identified
biomarkers of chronological age based on DNA methylation levels. It is not yet known …

The peri-menopause in a woman's life: a systemic inflammatory phase that enables later neurodegenerative disease

M McCarthy, AP Raval - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2020 - Springer
The peri-menopause or menopausal transition—the time period that surrounds the final
years of a woman's reproductive life—is associated with profound reproductive and …

Inflammaging and anti-inflammaging: the role of cytokines in extreme longevity

PL Minciullo, A Catalano, G Mandraffino… - Archivum immunologiae …, 2016 - Springer
Longevity and aging are two sides of the same coin, as they both derive from the interaction
between genetic and environmental factors. Aging is a complex, dynamic biological process …

Aging of mice is associated with p16 (Ink4a)-and β-galactosidase-positive macrophage accumulation that can be induced in young mice by senescent cells

BM Hall, V Balan, AS Gleiberman, E Strom… - Aging (Albany …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Senescent cells (SCs) have been considered a source of age-related chronic sterile
systemic inflammation and a target for anti-aging therapies. To understand mechanisms …

Through ageing, and beyond: gut microbiota and inflammatory status in seniors and centenarians

E Biagi, L Nylund, M Candela, R Ostan, L Bucci, E Pini… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Age-related physiological changes in the gastrointestinal tract, as well as
modifications in lifestyle, nutritional behaviour, and functionality of the host immune system …

The ageing haematopoietic stem cell compartment

H Geiger, G De Haan, MC Florian - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Stem cell ageing underlies the ageing of tissues, especially those with a high cellular
turnover. There is growing evidence that the ageing of the immune system is initiated at the …