Inflammaging Aging inflammatory origin

AP Navarrete-Reyes… - Revista de investigación …, 2009 - medigraphic.com
AP Navarrete-Reyes, M Montaña-Álvarez
Revista de investigación clínica, 2009medigraphic.com
The association between the increase in life expectancy in hu mans and age related
changes in the immune system pro motes that individuals are exposed longer to
endogenous and environment antigens which allows an activation of the in nate immune
system and the subsequent establishment of a low grade chronic inflammation state with an
increased ex pression of proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin
6, etc.). This inflammatory state referred as inflammaging is characterized by a inflammatory …
Abstract
The association between the increase in life expectancy in hu mans and age related changes in the immune system pro motes that individuals are exposed longer to endogenous and environment antigens which allows an activation of the in nate immune system and the subsequent establishment of a low grade chronic inflammation state with an increased ex pression of proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6, etc.). This inflammatory state referred as inflammaging is characterized by a inflammatory origin of aging given by the activation of cellular systems responsible of gene promotion and suppression as the nuclear factor kap pa B, sirtuins, forkhead box O and KLOTHO, who are directly or indirectly involved in cellular mechanisms of resistance to oxidative stress, apoptosis and nucleic acids transcriptional mistakes repair. The activation of these cellular systems is as sociated with the pathogenesis of several chronic and degene rative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, late onset diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. However, we are placed in a cross road because we can not establish whether this inflammatory state observed in the aging process is responsible of develop ment of degenerative diseases or if the presences of these chronic diseases are responsible for this inflammatory state of aging. Evidence in centenarians who are healthy and have preserved functional status has shown that there is a chronic inflammatory state present among them but is balanced by a higher expression of anti inflammatory molecules.
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