Publications

In a recent work reported in Science, Zhang et al. untangle dynamic changes arising across aging in multiple cell populations within thirteen organs using single-cell transcriptomics and identify four distinct dynamic waves in which immune cells are the most affected

Neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes in the blood, with numbers further increasing with age. Despite their essential role as a primary line of defense, neutrophils can contribute to tissue damage and age-related diseases 1 and a high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts all causes of mortality in the elderly 2–5. However, the precise mechanisms driving enhanced

The mysteries behind immune aging and its related inflammation are being unmasked. Jin et al. reveal that the defective turnover of damaged mitochondria in CD4+ T cells from older individuals results in the exacerbated secretion of mitochondrial DNA, which fuels inflammaging and impairs immune