2020
How Inflammation Blunts Innate Immunity in Aging
Goldberg EL, Shaw AC, Montgomery RR. How Inflammation Blunts Innate Immunity in Aging. Interdisciplinary Topics In Gerontology And Geriatrics 2020, 43: 1-17. PMID: 32294641, PMCID: PMC8063508, DOI: 10.1159/000504480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseInnate immunityPoor vaccine responsesInnate immune cellsFunctional immune responsesResolution of inflammationInnate immune responseBioactive lipid mediatorsSeverity of infectionImpaired tissue repairInnate immune systemInflammation influencesInflammatory changesLymph nodesVaccine responsesChronic inflammationImmune cellsImmune protectionImmune responsivenessAntigen presentationLipid mediatorsCytokine dynamicsTissue surveillanceImmune systemMolecular dysregulation
2012
Quantitative imaging of lineage-specific Toll-like receptor-mediated signaling in monocytes and dendritic cells from small samples of human blood.
Qian F, Montgomery RR. Quantitative imaging of lineage-specific Toll-like receptor-mediated signaling in monocytes and dendritic cells from small samples of human blood. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2012 PMID: 22525943, PMCID: PMC3466655, DOI: 10.3791/3741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptorsDendritic cellsImmune responseToll-like receptor-mediated signalingCell-mediated immune responsesCertain Toll-like receptorsAntigen-presenting cellsPeripheral blood monocytesHealthy human donorsNF-κB pathwayInnate immune systemReceptor-mediated signalingQuantitative flow cytometryTLR levelsWest Nile virusPatient susceptibilityUnderstanding of immunosenescenceImmune responsivenessElderly donorsLarge cohortOlder donorsAdaptive immunityBlood monocytesNF-κBTherapeutic interventions
2011
Age‐associated elevation in TLR5 leads to increased inflammatory responses in the elderly
Qian F, Wang X, Zhang L, Chen S, Piecychna M, Allore H, Bockenstedt L, Malawista S, Bucala R, Shaw AC, Fikrig E, Montgomery RR. Age‐associated elevation in TLR5 leads to increased inflammatory responses in the elderly. Aging Cell 2011, 11: 104-110. PMID: 22023165, PMCID: PMC3257374, DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00759.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFemaleHumansInflammationInterleukin-8MaleMiddle AgedMonocytesMultivariate AnalysisNF-kappa BP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationProtein TransportRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 5Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsToll-like receptorsIL-8Multivariable mixed-effects modelsOlder individualsElevated IL-8Levels of TLR5Expression of TLR5Production of TNFAge-associated elevationAge-related decreaseDendritic cellsImmune responsivenessElderly donorsInflammatory responseImmune functionNF-κBTLR5Progressive declineMonocytesMixed effects modelsMAPK p38Significant increaseEffects modelAssociated increaseCritical mechanism