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Do human B-lymphocytes avoid aging until 60 years?

Authors

KNIGHT Andrea NĚMEC Pavel BRETZOVÁ Soňa VÁLKOVÁ Lucie KOLMANOVÁ Markéta VYTOPILOVÁ Renáta HAVELKA Marek VSIANSKA Pavla RIHOVA Lucie KREJČÍ Marta PISKÁČEK Martin

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Oncotarget
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10146
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords Aging; B cell; GEP; Gerotarget; IL7R; Naive B cells
Description Broad changes in human innate and adaptive immunity are associated with advanced age. The age-related alteration of gene expression was reported for both T and B lymphocytes. We analysed the genome-wide expression profiles (n=20) of naive and whole B cell populations from young and early aged healthy donors under 60 years. We revealed large homogeneity of all analysed genome-wide expression profiles but did not identified any significant gene deregulation between young (30-45 years) and early aged healthy donors (50-60 years). We argue that B cells avoid the aging program on molecular level until 60 years of age. Our results demonstrate the potential of hematopoietic stem cells to generate uncompromised lymphocytes in early elderly. These are very encouraging findings for the general health and the immunity maintenance would not need any intervention to naive B cells. Rather, a suitable immune stimulation in healthy body environment warrants further research into aging of older elderly.
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