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Aged Chinese rhesus macaques suffer severe phenotypic T- and B-cell aging accompanied with sex differences.
Exp Gerontol. 2014 Jul;55:113-9. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.04.004
Zheng HY, Zhang MX, Pang W, Zheng YT
Abstract:
.....Here, we investigated the phenotypic features of T- and B-cell aging in peripheral blood from Chinese rhesus macaques, which included (1) a decrease of CD4/CD8 ratio; (2) a loss of naïve T cells accompanied with elevated proliferation and expansion of effector memory subset; (3) a reduction in B cell numbers and a shift from naïve B cells towards memory phenotype; and (4) increased levels of PD-1 expression in T cells and CD95 expression in B cells. Moreover, an accelerated decline in CD4(+) T cells and naïve T cells was found in male macaques, giving them a more severe immune risk profile. These data indicated that Chinese rhesus macaques share a significant homology with humans in phenotypic aging of adaptive immunity, and may be an appropriate animal model for human aging research.