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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Results from the previous times (Times 1-3) of the Swedish longitudinal OCTO immune study indicated that a combination of high CD8 and low CD4 percentages and poor T-cell proliferation in PBL was associated with a higher 2-year mortality in a sample of very old Swedish individuals. The combination of immune parameters was closely related to an inverted CD4/CD8 ratio. In the present study at Time 4 (T4) results are reported from the final follow-up of this longitudinal study, 8 years after it was initiated in 1989. An additional goal at this time point was to examine the immune system alterations in the very old in relation to evidence of lymphocyte activation and cytomegalovirus antibody status. In the present study immune system changes were identified that suggest a loss of T-cell homeostasis, as reflected by a decrease in the number of CD4 cells and a very significant increase in the number of CD8 cells in individuals with an inverted CD4/CD8 ratio. When considered over the duration of the OCTO study the inversion occurred in a high percentage (32%) of the individuals included in the original sample and was associated with non-survival. At T4 the changes were apparent in a number of the T-cell subsets, but particularly in the CD8+CD28-and CD57+ subsets. T-cell activation was significantly associated with the inversion of the CD4/CD8 ratio. In this very old sample the subset alterations were associated with evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Antigens, CD28, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Antigens, CD57, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Cytomegalovirus, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Cytomegalovirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Immune System, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11164473-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-related change in peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subpopulations and cytomegalovirus infection in the very old: the Swedish longitudinal OCTO immune study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Hospital of Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't