Genni Enza Marcovecchio, Francesca Ferrua, Elena Fontana, Stefano Beretta, Marco Genua, Ileana Bortolomai, Anastasia Conti, Davide Montin, Maria Teresa Cascarano, Sonia Bergante, Veronica D'Oria, Alessandro Giamberti, Donato Amodio, Caterina Cancrini, Adriano Carotti, Raffaella Di Micco, Ivan Merelli, Marita Bosticardo, Anna Villa
Down syndrome (DS) patients prematurely show clinical manifestations usually associated with aging. Their immune system declines earlier than healthy individuals, leading to increased susceptibility to infections and higher incidence of autoimmune phenomena. Clinical features of accelerated aging indicate that trisomy 21 increases the biological age of tissues. Based on previous studies suggesting immune senescence in DS, we hypothesized that induction of cellular senescence may contribute to early thymic involution and immune dysregulation...
2021: Frontiers in Immunology