PMID- 23039889 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130318 LR - 20220311 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 170 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Nov TI - Normal ageing is associated with an increase in Th2 cells, MCP-1 (CCL1) and RANTES (CCL5), with differences in sCD40L and PDGF-AA between sexes. PG - 186-93 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04644.x [doi] AB - We have observed T helper type 2 (Th2) polarization of systemic immunity in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma. We hypothesized that similar changes in systemic immunity occur with ageing and may be permissive for the development of melanoma. We analysed the peripheral blood of 389 healthy blood donors. All subjects were profiled for peripheral blood T cell and B cell subsets, and 58 of these subjects were profiled for antigen-specific cytotoxic T cell subsets [cytomegalovirus (CMV), influenza and melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1 (MART-1)]. Ninety-five separate healthy subjects underwent profiling of 42 plasma cytokines. Ageing was associated positively with CD4(+) CD294(+) Th2 cells, and associated negatively with CD3(+) T cells, cytotoxic T cells and T helper cells. Ageing was also associated negatively with CMV-, influenza- and MART-1-specific naive and CD8(+) T cells. There were significant increases in plasma monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) (CCL1) and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) (CCL5) with age. We observed differences in cytokine profiles between males and females; specifically, women had higher levels of sCD40L and PDGF-AA. In summary, we demonstrated in healthy blood donors that ageing was associated with an increase in cellular Th2 bias and a decline in total numbers of T cells. Additionally, there was an increase in MCP-1 and RANTES with ageing. Women had higher levels of sCD40L and PDGF-AA than men. CI - (c) 2012 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Mansfield, A S AU - Mansfield AS AD - Departments of Oncology Medicine, Division of Hematology Immunology Biomedical Statistics and Informatics Women's Health Clinic, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905, USA. FAU - Nevala, W K AU - Nevala WK FAU - Dronca, R S AU - Dronca RS FAU - Leontovich, A A AU - Leontovich AA FAU - Shuster, L AU - Shuster L FAU - Markovic, S N AU - Markovic SN LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (CCL5 protein, human) RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) RN - 0 (CD4 Antigens) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL5) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Receptors, Prostaglandin) RN - 0 (platelet-derived growth factor A) RN - 147205-72-9 (CD40 Ligand) RN - XZF106QU24 (prostaglandin D2 receptor) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Aging/*immunology/metabolism MH - B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/metabolism MH - CD3 Complex/immunology/metabolism MH - CD4 Antigens/immunology/metabolism MH - CD40 Ligand/immunology/*metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL2/immunology/*metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL5/immunology/*metabolism MH - Cytokines/immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Melanoma/immunology/metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/immunology/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Immunologic/immunology/metabolism MH - Receptors, Prostaglandin/immunology/metabolism MH - Sex Factors MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/metabolism MH - Th2 Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3482365 EDAT- 2012/10/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/19 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/01 CRDT- 2012/10/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04644.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2012 Nov;170(2):186-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04644.x.