PMID- 23806201 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131223 LR - 20220330 IS - 1879-0372 (Electronic) IS - 0952-7915 (Print) IS - 0952-7915 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Impact of aging on antigen presentation cell function of dendritic cells. PG - 535-41 LID - S0952-7915(13)00097-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.coi.2013.05.016 [doi] AB - Older people exhibit increased mortality to infections and cancer as compared to younger people, indicating that aging impairs immunity. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key for bridging the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system by priming antigen specific T cells. Discerning how aging impacts DC function to initiate adaptive immune responses is of great biomedical importance as this could lead to the development of novel therapeutics to enhance immunity with aging. This review details reports indicating that aging impairs the antigen presenting function of DCs but highlights other studies indicating preserved DC function with aging. How aging impacts antigen presentation by DCs is complex and without a clear unifying biological underpinning. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wong, Christine AU - Wong C AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, USA; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA. FAU - Goldstein, Daniel R AU - Goldstein DR LA - eng GR - K02 AG033049/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG028082/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG033049/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG028082/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20130624 PL - England TA - Curr Opin Immunol JT - Current opinion in immunology JID - 8900118 SB - IM MH - *Aging MH - Animals MH - *Antigen Presentation MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology PMC - PMC3775944 MID - NIHMS490122 EDAT- 2013/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/24 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/01 CRDT- 2013/06/29 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/05/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/05/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/06/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0952-7915(13)00097-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.coi.2013.05.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Immunol. 2013 Aug;25(4):535-41. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2013.05.016. Epub 2013 Jun 24.