Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
Ageing Res Rev. 2011 Jul;10(3):330-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.08.004. Epub 2010 Aug 20.
Both humoral and cellular immune responses are impaired in aged individuals, leading to decreased vaccine responses. Although T cell defects occur, defects in B cells play a significant role in age-related humoral immune changes. The ability to undergo class switch recombination (CSR), the enzyme for CSR, AID (activation-induced cytidine deaminase) and the transcription factor E47 are all decreased in aged stimulated B cells. We here present an overview of age-related changes in human B cell markers and functions, and also discuss some controversies in the field of B cell aging.
体液免疫和细胞免疫应答在老年人中均受损,导致疫苗应答降低。尽管 T 细胞缺陷发生,但 B 细胞缺陷在与年龄相关的体液免疫变化中起着重要作用。在老年受刺激的 B 细胞中,同种型转换重组(CSR)的能力、CSR 的酶、AID(激活诱导的胞嘧啶脱氨酶)和转录因子 E47 均降低。我们在此概述了人类 B 细胞标志物和功能随年龄增长的变化,并讨论了 B 细胞衰老领域的一些争议。