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免疫衰老的系统性重塑与增龄相关疾病

Systemic Remodeling of Immunosenescence and Age-Related Diseases

  • 摘要: 免疫衰老(immunosenescence)是系统性衰老的重要驱动因素,影响老年群体的感染易感性、疫苗应答能力和肿瘤免疫监视功能。本文系统综述了免疫衰老在多个层级上重塑免疫系统、及其在增龄相关疾病中的作用。免疫衰老的主要特征是适应性免疫应答不足与慢性炎症增强并存。从免疫细胞发育的角度,衰老的骨髓和胸腺分别导致造血干细胞淋系-髓系分化失衡、初始T细胞输出减少。二级淋巴器官衰老进一步削弱初始T、B细胞维持、抗原递呈、T-B细胞互作和生发中心反应等,使机体对新发抗原的特异性应答能力下降。此外,衰老的固有免疫细胞吞噬与清除功能受损,使衰老细胞、细胞碎片和损伤/危险相关分子模式持续积累,并激活下游促炎信号通路,促进炎症因子释放;持续炎症又进一步加重免疫细胞功能障碍和组织微环境损伤,形成炎性衰老的恶性循环。上述适应性免疫衰退与炎性衰老共同破坏机体免疫稳态,并参与心血管疾病、神经退行性疾病及自身免疫性疾病等多种增龄相关疾病的发生发展。因此,免疫衰老是多种增龄相关疾病的重要病理基础和关键效应环节。未来需精细解析从中枢到外周组织的系统性免疫衰老,开发精准靶向关键免疫衰老节点的干预策略。

     

    Abstract: Immunosenescence is a critical driver of systemic aging and affects infection susceptibility, vaccine responsiveness, and tumor immune surveillance in elderly individuals. This review aims to summarize the multilevel remodeling of the aging immune system and its effects in age-related diseases. A key feature of immunosenescence is the coexistence of impaired adaptive immunity and enhanced chronic inflammation. Aging of bone marrow and thymic involution lead to disturbed lymphoid-myeloid balance of hematopoietic stem cells and diminished naïve T cell output. Aging of secondary lymphoid organs further impair naïve T cell and B cell maintenance, antigen presentation, T-B cell interaction, and germinal center formation, leading to reduced antigen-specific responses to emerging infections and antigens. Meanwhile, aged innate immune cells show impaired phagocytosis and clearance, resulting in the accumulation of senescent cells, cell debris, and damage-associated molecular patterns. These signals activate downstream pro-inflammatory pathways and promote cytokine release. Persistent inflammation further aggravates immune-cell dysfunction and tissue microenvironmental damage, forming a vicious cycle of inflammaging. Therefore, declined adaptive immunity and inflammaging disrupt immune homeostasis and contribute to the development and progress of multiple age-related diseases, including cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. Future efforts should focus on precisely deciphering systemic immunosenescence, from central lymphoid organs to peripheral tissues, and on developing targeted intervention strategies based on the critical regulatory nodes in the aging of immune system.

     

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