Journal of Immunology Research

An Update on Inflamm-Aging: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment

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Abstract

Inflamm-aging is a challenging and promising new branch of aging-related research fields that includes areas such as immunosenescence. Increasing evidence indicates that inflamm-aging is intensively associated with many aging diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, heart disease, type II diabetes, and cancer. Mounting studies have focused on the role of inflamm-aging in disease progression and many advances have been made in the last decade. However, the underlying mechanisms by which inflamm-aging affects pathological changes and disease development are still unclear. Here, we review studies of inflamm-aging that explore the concept, pathological features, mechanisms, intervention, and the therapeutic strategies of inflamm-aging in disease progression.

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Fudan University; Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Journal of Immunology Research, 14 Jul 2016, Open access

doi.org/10.1155/2016/8426874PubMed 27493973